Author Archives: lena

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

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