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Oranges
Organic
Greece
Order until: 15.12.2024, 19.01.2025, 16.02.2025 or 16.03.2025
These very juicy Navelina oranges come from family farmers in the southern Peloponnese. The families do not follow meaningless standards for colour, shape and size when sorting the fruit.
This is why the oranges can be big, small, scarred, misshapen, perfect, speckled, dark orange and sometimes even green. Green oranges? That's right! The colour of an orange has nothing to do with its ripeness. The juice content and the taste are all that matter.
By doing this, the family farmers can sell more of their harvest than would be possible for them in the standardised trade. And with these real oranges, you get to experience the full diversity of nature.
The later the delivery date, the sweeter the oranges taste.
How much is that?
13 kilo is equal to 39-78 oranges. 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
- Enjoy fresh or juice to make a tasty drink, like these Ginger and Citrus Shots or add the juice to sauces and dressings.
- Add the segments to a salad or use in desserts: Salted Oranges, Quinoasalad with oranges, Clafoutis, Roasted Pointed Cabbage with Orange and Miso Mayonnaise and even Risotto.
- Zest the oranges and use the zest for baking. Use to make jam.
- Brew some tea with dried orange peels.
- Or use them to make your own cleaner: All-Purpose Citrus Cleaner.
Storage & shelf life
Stored in a cool place, oranges will keep for about four weeks. If you store the fruit on the balcony or on the terrace, protect it from frost with a blanket or in a polystyrene box. Check your oranges for bruises and minor damage as soon as you receive them. Eat these ones first. If you find mould, remove the affected fruit.
Sustainability & transparency
- Grown by 53 family farmers on an average of 1.5 ha in the Argolis, Arcadia, Corinthia and Ilia regions in Greece
- Organic, ancient varieties (Navelina, Merlin & Lane Late), 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 2013
- Potential for improvement: hire a fixed team of harvest workers
MIHALIS DERNIKOS
FARMER FROM NEA TIRINTHA, GREECE
Being in nature and in the fresh air is the best part of my job.
"Our house is on the edge of the village, close to our fields, which I farm together with my sister. She lives in Athens and always comes here to help at harvest time," says Mihalis Dernikos. Together with his sister, he grows oranges, clementines, lemons and apricots. "I wish more farmers would switch to organic farming. Admittedly, the changeable weather conditions don't make our work any easier. But how nice is it to take care of the plants and experience the transition from blossom to fruit? I farm organically because my conscience demands it."
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13 kg
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