Organic fruit farm in Almería, SpainGood fruit.
Deep roots.
Finca Los Frailes is a family farm in Alhama de Almería, in the Andarax valley of south-east Spain. The Marín family has worked this land since 1951 and has farmed it organically since 2006.
A small valley
with a long memory.
Los Frailes lies between the Galera and Huéchar hills in Alhama de Almería. Its farmhouse, water cisterns and irrigation channels date back to at least the 19th century. The family bought the farm in 1951 and planted new grape arbours, stone fruit and, from the 1990s, citrus.
Rather than building greenhouses, as many farms nearby did, the family chose to keep traditional open-air crops and the landscape that goes with them. Organic farming was the way to do it.
Read our history (Spanish)A mixed fruit farm.
Table grapes
Early varieties from late July and the traditional Ohanes grape from mid-October until Christmas.
Citrus
Mandarins from October, oranges through to the following summer and lemons almost all year round.
Stone fruit and more
Very early peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums, plus figs, pomegranates, almonds and olives.
Grown without
synthetic chemicals.
The farm joined the Andalusian Organic Farming Committee (CAAE) in spring 2006 and received full organic certification on 25 May 2009. Pests are managed with beneficial insects, hedgerows, pheromone traps and sulphur only. The soil is fed with green manure, shredded prunings and manure.
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