Frusoal - Frutas do Sotavento Algarvio

If life gives us lemons, then we should make lemonade. And if the Algarve gives us citrus fruits, and the good ones, what do its farmers do? They get together and create the biggest Citrus Fruit Producer Organisation in Portugal. We started out in the 1980s as Frusoal Frutas do Sotavento Algarve, Lda, at a time when around 70% of domestic citrus fruit production was already concentrated in the southernmost region of Portugal. We set up home on the land which has the best soil and climate conditions for growing citrus fruits and where the sun shines the brightest throughout 365 days of the year. Based in Vila Nova de Cacela, in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo Antonio, we began working on 3rd May 1990, through the hands of 24 producers. At the time, our initial activity was focused on the production, packing, marketing and sale of citrus fruits in traditional markets, as well as other fruits, such as figs, and horticultural products to the national markets. Because unity b...