Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - apples

Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - apples

Organic Granny smith apples are coming from Argentina soon. This photo shows a Fruit Firmness Tester (also known as a Fruit Pressure Tester or Penetrometer) a penetrometer that measures fruit firmness and provides a quick, easy and accurate method to determine fruit maturity.. These tests are done every time our fruit comes in.

Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - Red organic pears

Red organic pears are in.. They look great.....

Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - Limes

End of the month we will start shipping organic limes to Rotterdam from mexico.. We will have supply the entire year...

Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - Avoids chemicals

Avoids chemicals

Organic farming avoids the use of chemicals – these are added to the non-organic production cycle for a number of reasons: 

(I) to boost yield – e.g. by preventing disease or by speeding up growth; 

(II) to feed the plant in order to adopt characteristics such as colour; 

(III) to control pests who might attack the plants. It should be noted that none of these actually benefit the consumer in terms of creating more nutritious, or even tasty, food. Organic farming has proven that the desirable elements of these techniques, such as disease and pest control, can be achieved to a large extent without the use of chemicals. It is also clear from this that organic farming is going to be more expensive at the production stage than non-organic farming.

Health of the soil

Health of the soil

The health of the soil is of primary importance. All our produce is certified by the Soil Association – a body who set the highest organic standards. Organic food can only grow on healthy soil and the Soil Association measure the amount of nutrients in the soil – which pass directly into the food.

Marco Brakkee - 3Organics - Rich Nutrients

Rich Nutrients

Through growing in healthy soil the plants benefit from the rich nutrients. These in turn benefit whoever eats the plant. In non-organic farming it is possible to add chemicals in place of natural nutrients in order to make a plant a certain shape or size. For example, this may produce a perfectly round, perfectly coloured and juicy orange – however it may not actually contain any vitamin C.