Sometimes it is the countryside that says: wait

Why we sometimes wait to harvest strawberries and blueberries: ripening in batches, the rain and the bloom, and how we make sure they reach you at their perfect point.

— Eduardo Cifre

It's potato but it sounds like an orchestra

Meet the Vivaldi potato that Vicent grows in the Huerta de Valencia: what it's like, why we chose it, how to cook it and why it grows all year round.

— Eduardo Cifre

May doesn't arrive, it bursts in

May, bees and pollination: why without them there's no fruit or veg, and how our wild mountain heather honey comes to life.

— Eduardo Cifre

There are enemies of the crop

Outdoor-grown blueberries up against rain, wind and fungi: we explain how they affect the plant and how we work with nature to look after it.

— Eduardo Cifre

The secret of this dawn

How rain affects the fields and how much water each crop needs: blueberries, Bobby beans and Vivaldi potatoes, our newest arrivals, now available on the website.

— Eduardo Cifre

Sometimes you have to talk about uncomfortable topics

A calm reflection on the EU-Mercosur agreement, straight from the field: the value of locally grown food and why farming in Spain comes with different costs.

— Eduardo Cifre

Today's a holiday, but not for us

On Labour Day, the fields keep going. Here's a sneak peek at what's coming back: Antonio's blueberries, Vicent's potatoes and bobby beans, harvested to order.

— Eduardo Cifre

Sometimes you have to talk about uncomfortable topics

On the EU-Mercosur agreement, told calmly: why we stand up for food grown close to home and which cost differences explain the prices.

— Eduardo Cifre

No orders are coming in, but we are still working.

Why no orders are shipping because of the bank holiday, and what work carries on in the field with our potatoes: watering, earthing up and crop rotation. Plus, Vicent's potatoes are back.

— Eduardo Cifre

Memory can also be cultivated

The story of the strawberry in the Valencian huerta, from the 19th century to the boom of the sixties, and how that way of working is a lot like ours today.

— Eduardo Cifre

They're back and they're the kind that sell out quietly

Antonio's blueberries are back. Find out how he grows them outdoors in coconut fibre pots in Valencia, and why you can taste the difference.

— Eduardo Cifre

The hard part wasn't selling them, it was doing it right.

Strawberries are back at Campos del Abuelo. We'll tell you why they're so delicate and how we harvest them to order and ship them so they reach you full of flavour.

— Eduardo Cifre