About Us: (Bren, Connie, Peter & Dani)

Back in 1996 we were living in a nice house on the south coast of  the island of Mallorca.  Bren was enjoying fatherhood and I was working as a financial controller for a company in west Africa.  We decided we wanted to buy a small piece of land inland where it would be possible to have our own water and grow our own food.  Organic food was very hard to find on the island at that time and we wanted to do all we could to ensure our son grew up healthy.  

 


After lots of searching and rejecting we ended up buying a much larger property than first planned.  One thing led to the next. We sold the luxury house and camped out on our farm as we slowly worked away at rebuilding the house and land to organic standards.  By this time I had also quit my job.  We had decided to make a go of the farm commercially as by this time we realised it was far to big for self-sufficiency.   One family can not eat several tons of oranges! 
I was lucky enough to attend Bio Fach in Germany, the biggest organic fair in the world when I went as translator on behalf of the Mallorca Organic office.  I made lots of contacts and learned that many goods, like rices and cereals, did not have to be as expensive as we found them in Mallorca.  That started a lot of research that eventually led us to opening a full organic shop.  We now boast the widest product range in Mallorca.  We built a factory and eventually got all the necessary permissions and license numbers to import goods ourselves in bulk and package them here for the consumer, bypassing all the normal distributors.  We sell mainly to restaurants and retail outlets all over the island.  However, all goods are also available from our farm shop or through our box scheme to individual families. 


We are fully committed to ensuring as much as possible of what we eat is organic.  It is important to us to do what we can to protect the environment and the health of living beings.  We also much prefer the flavour.  Feeding children organically may help them remain healthy but it may also teach them to appreciate quality and flavour, thus raising their standards for life.  Our motivation through all this was to try and sell organic food at prices families with children could afford.  With our self-packaged products to compliment the freshly grown produce we feel we are achieving this. 


 


I am adamant that farms should be beautiful.  It is sad to see farms that look half junk yard.  Its not always possible but we achieve what we can with the help of WWOOFERS.  Wwoofers stands for willing workers on organic farms.  For the past 3 years we have been having wwoofers stay.  They come from all over the world, normally stay an average of 3 or 4 weeks, and exchange hours of work for home and food.  Many of them have been wonderful swimming partners or friends to our two children.  We encourage any artistic talents they may have.  Weeding is always a necessity but its nice when they can also create things that will stay long after they are gone.  Many wwoofers are a real asset, others not.  But we try to enjoy and learn from the variety and experience the good ones bring into our home. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Connie Mildner  9 October 2003 
 
 
 

 


 
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