Mazet des Saveurs, the first French tomato grower using the Agrifast Tom-System
According to Frederic Garcia, owner of the company, despite the bad weather they are harvesting a very good tomato quality. Even tough, the prices are not going up during the last years whereas the production costs rise year by year in this way, and looking for reducing specially the labour costs, which are specially high in France, Mazet des Saveurs contacted Agrifast to try with the Tom System, the new tying tool which uses staples to tie the crop to the twine.
“We wanted to do a small trial but when we could experience the clipping speed, we decided to use it in the whole greenhouse,” says Mr. Garcia. “Now we are clipping at a speed of 1,500 plants/hour, whereas using plastic clips we could clip only at 800 plants/hour. This means a great labour saving. In addition, the quality is very good and there is not any damage to the plant.”
To see how the workers of Mazet des Saveurs clip their tomatoes at a speed of 1,500 plants/hour, watch the following video:
For more information:
Frederic Garcia
Mazet des Saveurs
mazet.saveurs@free.fr
Alberto Lizarraga
Agrifast
alberto.lizarraga@agrifast.es