Naturkost West visits BioTropic suppliers in Spain

It just goes to show: the close cooperation between BioTropic and the organic wholesaler Naturkost West has a lot of advantages. As Lisa Murkisch, fruit and vegetables buyer at Naturkost West, can confirm after visiting BioTropic’s Spanish office. Whilst she was there, Lisa also got to know the local manufacturers and their products.
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Film: A Journey to Apulia and Calabria with BioTropic

We again followed the origin of our Italian fruit and vegetables and took a few organic store owners with us on our trip, while employees of organic wholesaler Rinklin were also there. Our journey led us into the regions of Apulia and Calabria, two areas at the country’s “boot heel”.
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BioTropic at Moroccan eco-pioneer PBS

As is the case every year in the autumn, a few of our employees packed their bags and travelled to Morocco to “Primeurs Biologiques du Souss” (PBS). There they met owner Lahcen El Hjouji and his son Mehdi. PBS is the largest employer in the region for organic fruit and vegetables.
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Organic apples from overseas – environmentally friendly?

Written on 10 April 2018.

Why an organic apple from overseas is preferable to a conventional apple

When spring really gets going in Europe, and everywhere plants are sprouting and blooming, the apple season here has long since ended. At this time of year, European apples are only available from cold storage. In other parts of the world, however – in Argentina and New Zealand, for example – juicy-fresh apples are being harvested. But what about sustainability? Don’t these apples require lots of resources? After all, first they need to be transported to Europe.

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Bright orange and aromatic: Nadorcott mandarins from BioTropic

Written on 27 February 2018.

In 2008, Soumia Lomri and Emile Grac fulfilled their wish of setting up their own fruit plantation. The husband and wife obtained land in Morocco that suited their requirements, in the form of a 100-hectare plot between the port city of Essaouira and Marrakesh. On one third of the area, they planted mandarin trees, while on the remaining smaller areas, they planted oranges and figs. Neither of them are newcomers to agriculture, as both Grac and Lomri also used to market aromatic spices in their original homeland of France.

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Freshly picked Williams pears from Argentina at BioTropic

Written on 27 February 2018.

It is now the time for freshly harvested pears from Argentina. As the European pear season slowly comes to an end, we look beyond the horizon to cater for the demand. These delicious pears come from the fruit specialist Ernesto Bartusch’s La Deliciosa farm. It is located in the middle of the country, in the province of Rio Negro. This high-yielding oasis in the Patagonian Steppe is world-famous for its delicious apples and pears.

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Relaunch: greenorganics is presenting itself in a new way

Written on 31 January 2018.

The entry-level organic brand, greenorganics, is presenting itself from now on in a new, fresh way. What has stayed the same is the proven quality.
The first products with the remoulded design are also “the newbies” in the greenorganics range: the milk substitute trio from greenorganics. Packaging which has existed until now will be gradually adapted to the new design.
The new milk substitute drinks will be revealed to the public at our stand at Biofach 2018.

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Aftermath of storm damage in the Dominican Republic

Written on 28 November 2017.

Volker Schmidt is an agricultural engineer and our on-site tropical expert in the Dominican Republic. Born in Germany, he has been living in the north of the country since 2002, where he runs our BioTropic office. He checks all the processes that Milagros bananas go through, from their cultivation to their transport to Europe. He also travels regularly to Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru, where our producers grow organic-quality avocados, ginger, turmeric and mangos. Schmidt maintains close contact with local organic farmers and assists them with any questions they have.

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85,000 bananas from Milagros for the Bio Brotbox campaign

Mangos from Senegal: From harvest to export crate

Naturkost West visits BioTropic suppliers in Spain

BioTropic takes over the Meckenheim apple grower's farm

Sascha Suler on Tour in South America

Film: A Journey to Apulia and Calabria with BioTropic

BioTropic at Moroccan eco-pioneer PBS

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