Exceptional Situation: Flooding

By Ruth Palomero 1 November 2024

Destruction by flooding

Our region is currently going through terrible days. The force of the water unleashed by the meteorological phenomenon DANA (an isolated upper-level low, or “cold drop”) has cost many lives and left an unprecedented scene of destruction.

Climate change has shown us how devastating it can be. The mouth of the River Júcar is in our town of Cullera. Because the river burst its banks, large areas of our province are flooded, especially the area between our town and the municipality of Favara, where our warehouse is located.

Now we have to wait for the water to recede in order to assess the damage and begin cleaning and repairing our equipment. Unfortunately, our machines, vehicles and some of our groves have been badly affected by the floods.

Of course we will let you know as soon as we can work again, and we hope that will be in a few days. Our online shop remains open, so you can still shop there, even though we do not know exactly when we will be able to carry out the shipments. You can also order boxes of Navelina oranges and mixed boxes.

If you are still waiting for an order, we will deliver it as soon as possible. But if you wish, you can also send us an email asking for a refund and cancellation of the order.

The state of our warehouse on 31.10.2024

Best regards and see you soon!

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Ruth Palomero

Orangenfrischnachhause

Joint ordering through (supra-)regional supply

On a voluntary basis, we are building alternatives to the existing corporate and industrial supply chain:

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People in a region join forces, record their needs for goods and services (monthly, for example) and agree their requirements with ethically operating producers, traders and service providers, with call-offs that are as even as possible and optimised for transport.

We then order for many people on a single customer account and have the orders delivered directly to you or to the regions, where they are distributed further. This means less work for the supplier, who has only one customer account to manage and fewer invoices, but a larger order volume. In the regions, people come together, talk to each other again and, by pooling small separate orders, also enjoy better prices per kilo (for example with 20 kg packs).

In the 2022/2023 season we ordered a tonne of citrus fruit from “Orangen frisch nach Hause” in this way and were rewarded at the end of the season with a 5% discount on all orders.

Individual orders from Valencia

Exact availability, prices, varieties and shipping information can be found in the product overview. As part of the (supra-)regional supply project we can offer the prices direct from the plantation at a slight discount, with no delay and direct delivery to you.

Product overview

For years we have pointed to direct shipping from Ruth Palomero’s plantation in València, Spain. Depending on the season, you can order oranges, tomatoes, lemons, mandarins or avocados there directly from the plantation by parcel service, without intermediaries. It hardly gets fresher or more convenient. We have no financial interest in orders; we simply like to recommend it.

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