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Roberto is also convinced that that organic fruit trees produce better tasting fruit “My mother commented to me that fruit does not taste like it used to, when my father farmed. My father eventually sold his farm. The soil was not very good, but I had a special feeling about the place, so I bought it back in the 1980's when it came up for sale. The soil had to be built up anyway, so I decided to do it the natural way in order to produce fruit that tastes like it used to!”
For Franco (like many other South American Nature & More growers), organic farming was actually very familiar. Franco “I first heard of organic food production in Italy and it struck me as an interesting system, not too unlike the way I already farmed anyway. What I liked best was the close attention organic farmers pay to their orchards. Instead of just following a recipe, they actually watch and observe the development of their plants and care for them accordingly. For example, I only irrigate my orchard when the soil and the trees need it, never according to a set schedule. To me this is an organic practice. The organic principles made sense, which motivated me to learn more. I got a lot of support from one of my sons, who is a conservationist, and he got excited about it as well. You could say organic farming was a natural fit for us”
Roberto is also convinced that that organic fruit trees produce better tasting fruit “My mother commented to me that fruit does not taste like it used to, when my father farmed. My father eventually sold his farm. The soil was not very good, but I had a special feeling about the place, so I bought it back in the 1980's when it came up for sale. The soil had to be built up anyway, so I decided to do it the natural way in order to produce fruit that tastes like it used to!”
