RAYMOND KOOPSTAD IS A FARMER GOING THE DISTANCE

Raymond Koopstad’s journey into agriculture took many turns, but strategic partnerships made it work splendidly. Eventually.

Raymond and his wife Mary’s farming on La Vouere near Ceres in the Witzenberg Valley began in 2003 when they purchased the 110ha farm with government LRAD funding in the 30 member La Vouere Trust that consisted mostly of family members.

With funding from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, the Trust planted their first peaches in 2004. Although the project was successfully mentored by Adrian Wolfaardt of Verdun