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Hi, I’m Tarek Bedir from Egypt. I work for Maghrabi Farms, where we grow organic oranges, mandarins and limes for Nature & More. We are certified organic as well as fair-trade. We also have bio-dynamic (Demeter) products. Thank you for buying our fruit!

To be exact, I’m not the farmer, but the export manager. I work closely with the farmers though. We have 7 fully certified organic farms. Our company, MAFA, was established in 1989 in Noubaria, about 80 km from Alexandria. This area used to be desert, but was brought back to life with irrigation. Apart from citrus fruits we also grow organic and fair-trade lettuce, herbs and grapes!

"We don’t just follow standards, we try to go beyond that"

MAFA Organic  is owned by the Maghrabi family, who started farming in the 80’s. In that time, Egypt had a very low food production and had to import most of their food. The family decided to buy land and start growing food in their own country, to contribute to food security. First all our farming was conventional, but from 1999 onwards more and more of our farms  changed to sustainable farming.

Most of the farms have a compost production unit. Here we recycle organic agricultural waste. It is composted together with cow manure, to provide high quality compost. Composting has huge benefits for soil health and climate health!