The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. Click here to download it. Some highlights from this month’s newsletter: -Blue Skies wins a third Queens Award -Blue Skies Ghana hit by national energy crisis -More exercises you can do at (or near) your desk Pelican […]
Month: April 2015
Meet Eric Yamoah Paintsil
Eric Paintsil runs Zulu Farm in Ghana. He is a young, enterprising farmer from the Western Region of Ghana. He currently lives in Kasoa-Odumpong a town about 20 minutes drive from ‘Zulu’, a 1,000 ha farm he now manages for Blue Skies. Zulu Farms has over 20 ha of Queen Victoria […]
Blue Skies Ghana allays redundancy fears despite power crisis
Blue Skies is considering a number of options to address power shortages in Ghana; however it has no immediate plans to lay off staff despite media reports claiming the contrary. Blue Skies Ghana has been running on its diesel generators for over 50% of the time due to load shedding […]
Blue Skies receives a third Queens Award for Enterprise
We are very pleased to announce that Blue Skies has received a Queens Award for Sustainable Development for the third time. The award recognises the company’s contribution to development by producing fresh-cut fruit and freshly squeezed juice, prepared within the country of origin. In particular it acknowledges how the Blue […]
Keep Fit Club turns 5!
The Blue Skies Ghana keep Fit Club celebrated their 5th anniversary in March. The Keep fit Club was formed in 2010 to encourage staff to take up regular exercise and lead a healthy life. They are recognized as one of the leading keep-fit clubs in Ghana. The anniversary was celebrated […]
Queen Victoria Pineapple from Ghana Launches
Blue Skies have launched Queen Victoria Pineapple from Ghana during the visit from Albert Heijn on the 25-27 March. Blue Skies pineapple farmer Eric Paintsil is pictured below with a framed picture of the label which he features in. Eric is accompanied by Marit van Egmond and Adriaan Thierry from […]
Future Farmers campaign gets underway in Ghana
The Blue Skies Foundation has launched the School Farm of the Year Competition in Ghana to find the farmers of the future. On the 9th of March Blue Skies in partnership with the Foundation launched the School Farm of the Year Competition; a new initiative designed to encourage students in […]