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The world is opening up again. Corona taught us that we can work online much more than we thought, and that’s a good thing for the environment. But sometimes you just have to meet in the reality of farming. Our quality manager Gert-Jan Lieffering and product manager Andrea Dijkhuizen went to South America last month, after a long break. There they visited three wonderful growers: mango grower Joe Roman in Ecuador, passion fruit grower Roberto Vargas, and biodynamic grower Jan Bernard in Peru. Gert-Jan Lieffering tells about each grower:
The world is opening up again. Corona taught us that we can work online much more than we thought, and that’s a good thing for the environment. But sometimes you just have to meet in the reality of farming. Our quality manager Gert-Jan Lieffering and product manager Andrea Dijkhuizen went to South America last month, after a long break. There they visited three wonderful growers: mango grower Joe Roman in Ecuador, passion fruit grower Roberto Vargas, and biodynamic grower Jan Bernard in Peru. Gert-Jan Lieffering tells about each grower:
"First we visited Joe Roman, who started growing organic mangoes in the 90s on Finca Tres Marias in the South of Ecuador. He grows Keitt mangoes and since recently also Ataulfo mangoes. A new promising variety is the Sugar Mango. The orchards looked very enticing when we visited them!" (code 239 at www.natureandmore.com)
"Next we traveled to Roberto Vargas and his 4 friends who grow passion fruit in the Patavilca Valley, 150 km north of Lima. In the middle of the mountains they started a farm, a beautiful green strip along the river. We assessed their impact online with the Sustainability Flower and also did a Living Wage analysis. Next we checked it on the spot. The outcome was very positive: all of their 131 employees are already earning a Living Wage." (code 355)
"Finally, we visited Jan Bernard in Peru, a true biodynamic grower who has ecology flowing through his veins. He came to Peru as a baby with his Swiss parents and has always stayed there. As a Demeter grower he takes care of biodiversity and nutrient cycles on his farm, through crop rotation and intercropping. He also does his own composting. E.g. he plants ginger among the avocados, because diversity increases resilience. Those farms are a pleasure to see, it feels like being in nature." (code 120)
La saison des raisins d’outre-mer débute mi-décembre, mais la planification commence dès maintenant. La demande de raisins bio reste forte et nos producteurs souhaitent savoir suffisamment tôt quels volumes réserver pour leurs programmes. En définissant les programmes en amont, nous pouvons mieux sécuriser les volumes bio et disposer d’une base plus solide pour proposer ensuite des offres compétitives.
Situé au bord de la rivière Oranje, dans la province du Cap-Nord en Afrique du Sud, Carpe Diem est depuis de nombreuses années un partenaire de confiance pour nos raisins biologiques. Son propriétaire, Gog van der Colff, a repris l’entreprise familiale en 2000 et a délibérément opté pour la culture biologique en 2006. Ce qui a commencé comme une initiative qui n’a pas convaincu tout le monde au départ s’est transformé en une exploitation biologique avant-gardiste produisant des raisins, des noix de pécan et des raisins secs.
Cette année, El Niño a clairement un impact sur la saison des mangues en Amérique du Sud. Des températures plus élevées et des régimes pluviométriques inhabituels affectent la floraison et rendent la disponibilité et les dates de récolte moins prévisibles.
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