by Dirk De Vynck | Feb 2, 2021
The Center for Global Policy in December released a damning report detailing how ethnic minority labourers in the Xinjiang region in China – which produces 85% of the country’s and 20% of the world’s cotton – are forced to pick cotton by hand through...
by Dirk De Vynck | Nov 18, 2020
Despite the solid growth that the South African cotton industry has experienced in the last seven years, the country still lacks the capacity and skills within the value chain to take full advantage of local beneficiation. This means that most of the land’s lint...
by Press Release | Nov 25, 2019
TLU SA took a pioneering step in bringing forth sustainable food security and production by applying the modern technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (also known as 4IR or Industry 4.0). A collaborative agreement with IQ Logistica promises outcomes in easier...
by Dirk De Vynck | Jul 31, 2018
Increasingly, consumers are concerned about what is in the food they are eating and how ethically it was produced. There is a growing pressure from the man-in-the-street for food producers and retailers to be more transparent with the origins of their products, and...
by Dirk De Vynck | Jan 22, 2018
The current spike in the incidences of listeriosis, the disease which is transmitted to people through contaminated food and has already led to the known deaths of more than 80 people, serves as a stark reminder of the importance of having the means to timely identify...
