Mac-Eden Estate (Pty) Ltd
The dream to leave the busy city life for a quality life on the South Coast of KZN was made a reality in 2005 for Terry and Jean Dore – founders of Mac-Eden Estate. This beautiful 42 hectare farm with approximately 8400 macadamia trees of various Hawaiian varieties stole their hearts with its evergreen trees, ferns and gentle streams of water – their precious piece of macadamia eden…hence the name Mac-Eden Estate was born.
The family run macadamia nut farm and processing facility is located on the beautiful and luscious South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. With exceptional rainfalls, rich soils and ideal climate conditions for growing macadamia’s, Mac-Eden produces outstanding, export quality, macadamia nuts.
Location
Committed to the growth and development of the macadamia industry Mac-Eden has positioned itself as a privately owned producer, processor and supplier of premium quality macadamia kernel to both international and local markets. With a capacity to process 900 – 1000 tonnes of nut-in-shell per annum, Mac-Eden extends its branches to include other professional like-minded farmers to achieve our maximum throughput.
What does Mac-Eden offer you?
Integrity:
Each farmer is paid for his own quality of nut – there is no mixing or averaging out of crackout results – only your actual crackout is calculated.
Quality:
As members of SAMAC, we encourage our farmers to excercise good orchard management and to follow environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices. This results in better quality crops and payouts.
Personal:
Mac-Eden is small enough to interact with you on a personal level so as to establish trust and a long-term mutual friendship/partnership. You can arrange to watch your nuts being processed on the day should you so choose.
Finance:
Our farmers have benefitted from innovative and lucrative cash payment schemes designed by farmers… for farmers. We understand the importance of cash-flow with up to 50% cash payments being paid upfront on delivery!
Adaptability:
Because Mac-Eden is family owned, we are quick and flexible to maximise on market opportunities presented and to fill niche markets requiring specialised packaging and/or product.
Results:
Completely sold out for 10 consecutive years! This means we have well established international clients, committed to Mac-Eden for exactly the same principles of personal relationships, top quality product, integrity and competitive pricing.
