750 People Benefit From Fyffes Off-Season Medical Brigades Provided in Honduras Communities

January 27, 2023 Fyffes

Fyffes and its winter melon business Sol Group provide four medical clinics, five doctors, four nurses and five ambulances in the regions of Choluteca and El Paraiso, where their farms are located, to ensure that employees, their families and the local community can have access to otherwise inadequate and hard to reach healthcare. During the summer off-season however, community members struggle to access these medical services. To solve this problem, Sol has organized Community Medical Brigades to reach 15 communities surrounding its cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew melon farms.  

Fyffes Honduran Melon Business Receives Award for Social Responsibility

November 21, 2022 Fyffes

The Honduran Foundation for Socially Responsible Business (FUNDAHRSE) awarded Fyffes melon business Sol Group the coveted FUNDAHRSE Socially Responsible Company Seal for the years 2022-2023 after obtaining an average of 96% in seven thematic indicators for corporate social responsibility.

Fyffes and Bayer Food Chain Partnership Join Forces to Sustain Local Communities In Honduras With an Off-Season Corn-Planting Program

October 17, 2022 Fyffes

The program involved providing farmer communities access to hybrid seeds, professional seed treatment, farmer trainings on good agricultural practices, agronomic advice and crop protection products including solutions to improve plant resilience and innovative spray technologies, like drones, which resulted in the production of 4,500 quintals of corn for the benefit of the local community.

Fyffes Announces the Results of the First Anniversary of its Melon Business Transformation in Honduras

September 6, 2022 Fyffes

To demonstrate a more responsible, ethical and environmentally positive melon business in Honduras, multinational fruit company Fyffes and its subsidiary Sol Group publish the initial results of its melon business transformation in this country, led by its new local management that prioritizes working conditions, community participation and improvement, environmental management, as well as sound corporate governance.

Ireland’s ‘Best Banana’ Recipe Revealed

August 25, 2022 Fyffes

12-year old Aoife Flood, from Rathangan, has Ireland’s best banana recipe, having been chosen the overall winner in the recent nationwide search by banana importer Fyffes to find Ireland’s most imaginative meal-makers.