A Blue Whale grower received a Pink Lady talent award…
Last Wednesday 13th of December 2017, in Montauban, was the Pink Lady Europe Association General Assembly. An opportunity to present the accounts, future projects but also to reward the work of growers and collaborators. Indeed, a competition was launched to reward “Pink Lady talents”.
Benoit Laforgue, Blue Whale grower and Chairman of Cooperative Novacoop out of 19 application files, had the honor to receive one of the 5 awards.
Benoit produces apples, nuts, hazelnuts and cereals on the border of Garonne near to “humid zones”. An environment where the major part is to fight against flooding improve quality of water and maintain biodiversity. He opened his exploitation to the Midi Pyrénées Nature Association to be able to comprehend better the environment context and to become actor to enhance biodiversity.
This “pilot” project is part of the sustainable responsibility in which Blue Whale Group is committed.