Green Farms Nut Company (Pty) Ltd (GFNC) was established in 1991, as the first privately owned Macadamia processing factory in South Africa, and is now one of the largest processors of Macadamia kernel world-wide. Our factories are situated near White River (Mpumalanga), Levubu (Limpopo Province) and Ramsgate (Kwa-Zulu Natal). We also have an association with a production facility in Malawi. Each year we carry out upgrades and modifications to our factories to ensure that we keep pace with the increasing size of the macadamia crop, and new technical developments in macadamia processing and food safety. Our modern factories are HACCP, ISO 22000, and we are the fist Macadamia processor globally to be accredited with FSSC 22000. started a marketing joint venture company with one of Australia’s largest macadamia processors, Suncoast Gold. The marketing company is called Green and Gold Macadamias (G&G), www.greenandgoldmacadamias.com. Green and Gold is one of the largest macadamia marketers in the world, where we are progressive and sophisticated in developing the world’s macadamia market. Other nut producing and processing facilities have seen G&G’s value and joined the marketing group. Stahmann Farms (Australia), Maclands (South Africa), Thyolo (Malawi) and Queen Nut (Brazil), are now onboard, growing our nut basket even further, making us the preferred partner for all major macadamia customers globally. In terms of our services to growers, we offer a very unique business model. We act as a toll processor and marketing agent on behalf of the growers and pay a 100% profit share to our growers should we sell over and above the indicative price, or should there be any additional exchange rate benefit. G&G has provided our farmers with crop security, and this has on average allowed GFNC to pay the highest prices to growers in the South African industry by some margin. GFNC, in contrast to competitors, does not force growers to sign supply agreements who get locked in with no other marketing option. Our growers have tested the market, and remain loyal to us, because we continuously offer the best price and service in the industry. In summary growers supply us because of the following:
- We don’t lock them in with supply agreements. They can leave at any time and keep their freedom of choice, this keeps GFNC on their toes, to supply the best possible service and prices. Our growers choose us because we do the best job.
- We have a unique business model that gives growers maximum return for their crop through our profit share model.
- Our marketing arm, Green & Gold Macadamias, is the most sophisticated marketing agent, and has a long-term sustainable strategy. We market in every major market in the world, and are not exposed to any one market more than 20%, spreading our market risk.
