Promise 8 - We only work with farmers who respect natural crop cycles and work to high standards of animal welfare
Question - What arrangements do you have with farmers that are so special?
We leave nothing to chance. Take our tomatoes for instance – grown in Portugal
From the field
- We have a written, signed declaration not to use GM seed
- We have records supporting the origin of seeds and seedlings
- We have a list of banned pesticides
- We have a limited and controlled list of permitted pesticides and technical standards controlling their use
- We know the history of the land for at least three years
- We have records of the quantities of water used to irrigate the fields
- We have records of the fertilizers applied – formulations, quantities, application dates
- We have records of transportation, delivery and unloading
- We have records of audits and checks during the growing season
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