By the end of 2024, a 170-hectare blueberry plantation plus in-house packing and refrigeration station will be built in Tulbagh, South Africa. Gemüsering is investing in this business idea alongside our Munich-based berry specialists Widmann and our partners in South Africa. The first 150,000 blueberry plants have been planted and are bearing fruit; blueberries can now be offered all year round. At the same time, the partners commit to sustainable cultivation methods that use fewer resources and create new opportunities in the region.

With the addition of the herb production companies Brandenburg Kräuter, Spreewald Kräuter and Franken Kräuter, we’ve further strengthened our competencies in herb cultivation and created the conditions for a regional concept for our core products. As a leading provider in the cultivation and distribution of fresh herbs, we are now in a position to deliver around 2 million potted herbs and 1,428 tonnes of cut herbs (27 varieties) from in-house production facilities in Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria every year. The next step in our planning is to extend the season in protected cultivation in order to have access to locally grown herbs for even longer each year.