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Louis Barkhuysen, Associate

Louis has been consulting in the agricultural and social development sectors for more than three decades.  His experience includes:

• Director and management committee member of the Waitrose Foundation, a non-profit organisation empowering farm workers and their families producing and packing fruit for Waitrose Supermarket Group, UK.
• Founding member of the Roselight Foundation a non-profit organization providing counselling and life skills to sexually abused children from disadvantaged communities.
• Active in Black Economic Empowerment since 1997
• Land Reform and AgriBEE projects in the Western Cape for the Wine Industry Trust - 3 completed projects and 5 in various stages of planning.
• Land Reform and AgriBEE projects in the Western Cape for the Dept of Land Affairs, Land Bank of South Africa and individual groups of previously disadvantaged people - 43 successful projects to date and an additional 20 projects in various stages of planning.
• Food safety net and poverty relief vegetable garden projects in the Western Cape for the Provincial Depts. of Economic Affairs and Social Services - 7 projects to date.
• Local Economic Regeneration Study for the Ceres Municipality.
• Projects in farm planning and management for commercial fruit farmers in the Free State and Western Cape.