Blue Skies have launched Queen Victoria Pineapple from Ghana during the visit from Albert Heijn on the 25-27 March. Blue Skies pineapple farmer Eric Paintsil is pictured below with a framed picture of the label which he features in. Eric is accompanied by Marit van Egmond and Adriaan Thierry from […]
Tag: Ghana
Future Farmers campaign gets underway in Ghana
The Blue Skies Foundation has launched the School Farm of the Year Competition in Ghana to find the farmers of the future. On the 9th of March Blue Skies in partnership with the Foundation launched the School Farm of the Year Competition; a new initiative designed to encourage students in […]
Meet Ernest Abloh
Ernest Abloh is the Chief Agronomist at Blue Skies Ghana and plays a vital role in supporting farmers to meet the high standards required by the company in order to supply retailers throughout the world, and produce the best freshly squeezed juice on the market. Ernest joined Blue Skies on […]
Recognising World Tuberculosis Day
24th of March is World Tuberculosis Day. Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that is spread through the air when infected people cough or sneeze. The disease most often affects the lungs but it can infect any part of the body, including the bones and the nervous […]
UK Trade Minister visits Blue Skies
UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston called in on Blue Skies this month as part of a two day visit to Ghana to explore opportunities to strengthen trade links between the UK and Ghana. Lord Livingston was CEO of BT Group from 2008 until 2013 and had been Group Finance Director […]
2015 Foundation projects begin
All Foundation projects in Ghana are now underway after a successful tender process was held to select the contractors. This year’s projects include teachers’ accommodation for a sugarloaf farming community in the Central Region, a classroom block for a school in a pineapple growing area, two public toilets for communities […]
Blue Skies leads Ghana’s agricultural come back
Blue Skies Farms manager, Matt Barnett reports on the progress being made at our farming operations in Ghana Blue Skies Ghana decided to venture into farming back in 2012. The move was intended to sure up supplies of certain fruits due to our growing sales but also because many people […]
The changing face of Blue Skies
2015 sees the eighteenth year since Anthony Pile stepped out of a plane in Ghana and decided he would start up a fresh-cut factory here, and the change that has taken place since that time is remarkable. The two pictures below show what has changed. The top photo reveals a […]
