A trip to Peru is always an enriching experience !
Philippe and Amélie went to northern Peru, specifically the Tumbes and Piura regions, in early February for an intense week full of meetings and rich in new experiences.
Not only did this trip allow them to reconnect with and audit the suppliers of shrimp “Penaeus vannamei” and giant squid “Dosidicus gigas” that we already work with, but also to initiate new contacts, identify new supply chains, and discover new products such as the scallops from Sechura Bay “Argopecten purpuratus” and the octopus “Octopus mimus”.
They also had the chance to witness the seeding of the ponds by our organic shrimp farmer and partner.
Here’s a little story about how it happens: once the customs formalities are completed, the larvae are brought to the ponds as quickly as possible. It takes about an hour for them to acclimate to the pond temperature, then they are released from their bags. They are then left to take possession of their pond and are fed so they can grow peacefully for three months before being harvested.
