PERSEPHONE ORGANIC FOOD CLUB
 

Is the Persephone Organic Club produce certified?

The Gaia Foundation successfully obtained certification by the Malta Standards Authority (MSA) that it is in conversion to organic farming. The certification number MT01 AB003.

Gaia is one of the first in Malta to obtain this, Even though it has farmed organically since 2001 in fields that were fallow between 1996-2001, according to E.U procedures, the certification system, which started in Malta in 2005, must got through a minimum period of 1 year prior to being given a full certification for organic food.

Gaia is certified to produce the following items organically: onions, tomatoes, lettuce, beetroot, broad beans, potatoes, greenpepper, radish, cabbage, garlic, peas, pumkin, artichokes, carrots, aubergine, zucchini, celery, kohl rabi, rucola, parsley, grapes, figs, olives, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, string beans and fennel

The Persephone project is offering assistance to farmers who are interested in converting to organic methods of farming. Persephone project is also helping some farmers to apply for their official certification with the Malta Standards Authority.

Other farmers with whom Gaia cooperates with:

Contact details
Organic Farming Unit: Contact Person Eman Calleja/Roderick Farrugia Tel: 25904141

Charlie Vella Tel: 79702097

Mario Grech Tel: 79539715

Koperattiva Socjali FrancoSi’: 21 220805/ 21 250400
E-mail- ; francosi@di-ve.com

David Mallia Tel 21 411801/ 79005383

Joe Chetcuti Tel: 21 581885

Raymond Grima Tel: 99422094