Safe, secure, and delicious citrus from Ehime to the world ⛵🍊
This shows the sorting and shipping process at Uwajima Ueda Farm in Ehime Prefecture's Nanyo region. Handling container transport carts, we load the freshly harvested 🍊 oranges into the hopper 🍊. Each 🍊 is carefully sorted by hand into Grade A and Grade B (oversized, citrus canker, damaged, etc.), passing through drum holes and receiving final approval ✅. We then grade and pack them according to orders.
Recently, it seems not only direct sales outlets but also more packing houses handling organic citrus are emerging, which should be a tailwind for our council team.
To refine our safe, delicious, and reliable products, we need field trials using various materials to improve quality and establish standards. To secure yields, we also need organizational theory to maintain and expand our position as an exporting region🚢.
Harvesting of late-season citrus (like Amahira and Ponkan🍋) will continue through January and beyond! Everyone, please look forward to our upcoming harvest of organic citrus🍊!
安心安全で美味しい柑橘を、愛媛から世界へ⛵🍊
愛媛県南予、宇和島・上田農園での選果と出荷の様子です。コンテナ運搬台車を扱い、先日収穫した🍊をホッパーへ投入🍊。手選別、ドラム穴を潜り、最終✅の順で1個1個🍊丁寧にA品、B品（大きすぎるもの・そうか病・傷物等）を仕分け、注文に合わせ選果、箱詰めしていきます。
最近は直売所だけでなく、有機かんきつを取り扱う選果場も増えてきたようで我々協議会チームには追い風になりそうです。
安心安全な美味しさに磨きをかけるためには様々な資材を使ったフィールド試験による品質向上と基準作り、収量確保には輸出産地🚢として維持拡大できるような組織理論も必要になっていくと思います。
1月以降も晩柑類（甘平やぽんかん等🍋）の収穫が続いていきます！皆様、今後も収穫される有機柑橘🍊にご期待ください！