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Lemons
Organic
Greece
Order until: 08.12.2024, 19.01.2025, 16.02.2025 or 16.03.2025
Some of the citrus growers from the Greek Peloponnese who supply us with oranges, grapefruit and clementines also grow lemons. Their variety is called Interdonato, an aromatic mix of lemon and lime. Until March, you will receive the Interdonato variety, an aromatic cross between the thick-skinned Cedro and the Arridaru variety.
The lemons are untreated, and after harvesting they are only scrubbed, so you may safely use the entire fruit including the peel.
The lemons are untreated, and after harvesting they are only scrubbed, so you may safely use the entire fruit including the peel.
How much is that?
8 kilos is approximately 32-56 lemons. The numbers are so variable because the trees grow different sized fruits depending on their location and the weather, and we don't sort the fruits according to size.
Use & preparation
- Use in dressings and dips and other savoury dishes like: Fermented Lemons, Indian Lemon Pickle.
- For baking: Lemon Meringue Pie, Candied Lemon Peel, Lemon and Pistachio Cake, or Lemon Popsicles.
- Or use them to make your own cleaner: All-Purpose Citrus Cleaner.
Storage & shelf life
Stored in a cool place, lemons will keep for about four weeks. If you store the fruits on the balcony or terrace, protect them from frost with a blanket or in a polystyrene box. Check your lemons for bruises and minor damage as soon as you receive them. Eat these ones first. If you find mould, remove the affected fruits.
Sustainability & transparency
- Grown by 20 family farmers on an average of 0.46 ha in the Argolis, Attica and Corinthia regions in Greece
- Organic, ancient varieties (Interdonato & Femminello), irrigated fields, manually harvested and sorted, never repackaged, non-plastic packaging, transport: by lorry to Patras, by ship to Ancona/Venice, 100% of employees have an employment contract, wages on par with minimum wage or better
- Purchasing straight from the farm since 2016
- Potential for improvement: hire a fixed team of harvest workers
PANAGIOTIS PANTAZIS
FARMER FROM KEFALARI, GREECE
I taste the leaves, the flowers and the peel of the fruits to check their quality.
“I have hired workers of various nationalities to help me on my farm. In addition to the citrus fruits, pomegranates and persimmons I sell to gebana, I grow peaches, pears, medlars and prickly pears. I grow a lot and every year, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it all. But I still think being a farmer is great because I get to be outside in nature and I'm always active.”
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