Farming and Beekeeping Blog

The Clementines of Naranjas del Carmen – What our Customers and Friends say

Just recently, the clementine season has started and the postive feedback we have received already, is overwhelming. Crowdfarming® establishes a direct relationship between us, the farmers, and the orange tree owners. For us, it ... Continue reading

It rains in Valencia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_epO1BOAs0&t=5s We always say that we cultivate our fruits with a lot of patience. However, that is not the whole story: we also have to be very patient when it comes to their harvest.  We need to ... Continue reading

The costs of Crowdfarming®

Initial Payment: With the initial payment we plant your tree and reserve fruits of our already grown trees for you. In doing so, you can consume your oranges right from the beginning. The first year, your tree will live in a nursery ... Continue reading

A guided tour through your garden

Have you already planted a tree or adopted a bee family? Then you have automatically access to your garden. To make it as easy as possible for you to get used to your garden, we have provided a small tour for you. Hence, you know ... Continue reading

Crowdfarming® as social and economic agricultural approach

The philosophy of Naranjas del Carmen is the result of different influences and experiences made in our working and family life, as well as in our social environment. We are thrilled by various social and agricultural approaches which ... Continue reading

To make a living from agriculture

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.” Marco Tulio Cicero (106 - 43 B.C.) By the end of 2010, we decided to ... Continue reading

Crowdfarming® : The baptism of the orange trees

Thanks to Crowdfarming® our customers and friends can plant their own tree on our plantation. Moreover, we give them the opportunity to chose a name for it. As soon as the orange tree is planted on our finca, we produce wooden name ... Continue reading

The new supply chain of Crowdfarming®

"we are living the final days of the traditional supply chain as we know it" 100.000.000 tons of food... are wasted within Europe every year! That’s more than one third of the total production and must be stopped! To ... Continue reading

From the blossoms to your home – how we produce your honey

Within our agricultural revolution Crowdfarming® you have the opportunity to adopt a beehive. From the beginning of spring until the end of the orange season the bees are living on our plantation in Valencia to produce our orange ... Continue reading

Composting and crowdfarming®: ways to reduce food waste

Most of the time, consumers do not realize how much food is being wasted. Actually, one third of all produced food is being discarded. This quantity of overproduction and food waste is unsustainable. Overproduction does have two ... Continue reading