Farming and Beekeeping Blog

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

The Future of Farming

What are the Current Challenges in Farming and Which Role does Naranjas del Carmen play in the Future of Agriculture? By the end of June we were at the Future of Food Summit in London, organized by ReWork. What does the future hold ... Continue reading

Honey in our daily language usage

Our plantation, where the beehive of Bini and her sisters is located, is certainly like the land of milk and honey for our bee families. Now you do already know what this article is about, right? Honey is not only unbelievably ... Continue reading

The Beehive: The Home of the Honeybees

The beehive is the home of Bini, her sisters, the queen bee and the drones. This is where they feel comfortable and secure. In contrast to their wild fellow species, Bini’s mom the queen bee, had to take care of nothing during the ... Continue reading

How to recognize pure honey

Honey is consumed by many people in many different countries. Hence, it is an important monetary source exploited by some unscrupulous companies. In the following, I have collected the most popular cases of fraud in the production ... Continue reading

What our customers say…

"What a great surprise this morning! Thank you for taking care of my tree and for its amazing fruit. Me and my family are in love with your Crowdfarming®. Best clementines of my life. Best oranges of my life." (T.W., ... Continue reading

Naranjas del Carmen in the The Oxford Times (09.04.2015)

You want a dream job? Ripeness is all... Do you want to get some insights into the worklife of an orange ambassador? The UK orange ambassador Rebecca Jardine shares her working experiences in a Spanish family-owned start-up ... Continue reading

Naranjas del Carmen in the The Times (19.03.2015)

Spain back from the brink after economy responds to bitter pill After six years, the 4th largest economy of Europe is finally recovering and benefitting from the reforms. Yet, the unemployment rate, above all among the the young ... Continue reading

Open letter to the mankind

Ms. Bini the Bee Beehive of Bini’s Family (Department “Workerbees”) Naranjas del Carmen, 46117, Bétera Valencia, SPAIN Sunday, July 3rd. 2016, Dear humans, today, I turn to you as spokesbee representing the global bee ... Continue reading

How honey is made

Miguel Angel working with a honey hive surrounded by orange trees at Naranjas del Carmen We work hand in hand with the bees in order to produce your honey. In doing so we have a perfect division of tasks: The bees are responsible ... Continue reading