Summer Oranges
Greece
Organic
Arrival of delivery: June
Order until: 16.06.2024
These sweet and very juicy summer oranges of the Valencia variety come from 7 family farmers in the Argolis region. They are smaller and a little more difficult to peel than winter oranges. When sorting the oranges, the farmers don’t follow on meaningless standards such as colour, shape and size. Every delivery can therefore contain different looking fruits.
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.
- Enjoy fresh or juice to make a tasty drink or to add to sauces and dressings.
- Add the segments to a salad or use in desserts: Salted Oranges, Clafoutis, Quinoa Salad with Oranges, 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.
Oranges will keep for about four weeks in the refrigerator or in a cool cellar. 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.
- Grown by 7 farming families on an average of 0.56 ha in the Argolida region of Greece
- Organic, old variety (Valencia), irrigated fields, harvested and sorted by hand, never repacked and packaged without plastic, transport: truck to Patras, ship to Ancona/Venezia, 100% of employees have employment contracts, wages equal to or better than minimum wage
- Purchasing directly from the harvest, since 2013
- Potential for improvement: Hire a permanent group of harvest workers