In her eleven years as headmistress, Rebecca Shiakor has seen a lot of change. When the Blue Skies Foundation started, she initially asked for a computer lab, however, when the council members saw the bad state of the school building, they jointly decided to tackle the basics first. This involved […]
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Inspiring the next generation
Belinda Assan was awarded best female student in the 2018 School Farm Competition. “Winning means a lot to me” she says, “because I did not have the basis for farming. In the beginning it was difficult, but after I got to know, it is now easy for me.” She was […]
Growing Ghana’s mango industry
Victoria Boateng is convinced: “If it was not for Blue Skies, the mango industry would not have grown”. Victoria established Green Dove Farms in Ghana 17 years ago with no idea about marketing. Like many other farmers, she did not know where to sell her fruit. She was very lucky […]
Raising the profile of farmers
Billy Gameti first grew pineapple on 5 acres of land more than 20 years ago. He started small, but with a big ambition. Initially, Blue Skies helped him to fulfil their export criteria. His farm has now grown to 700 acres, selling 4 tons of pineapple per week to Blue […]
Download our April Newsletter
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. Pelican News is a monthly newsletter written by our staff about what’s happening at Blue Skies. In this month’s newsletter: New fresh cut range launched in France Blue Skies up for four Fresh Awards Egypt team showcase […]
Blue Skies Juice a big hit at Cairo Mega Expo
On the 4-6th April the Blue Skies Egypt team took part in a mega exhibition in Cairo called Cafex. Cafex is one of the biggest exhibitions in Egypt specialising in food and beverage products and equipment for hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. The team are pictured above with Global Brand […]
Blue Skies up for four 2019 FPC Awards
Blue Skies have been short-listed again for four awards in this year’s FPC Fresh Awards. This year we are up for awards for CSR Excellence, Best Place to Work, Supermarket Supplier of the Year and Innovation of the Year. The Fresh Awards are organised by the UK Fresh Produce Consortium. […]
New Blue Skies fresh-cut range introduced in France
Blue Skies have introduced a colourful new range of branded fresh-cut fruit in Carrefour in France. The ‘Naturel et Bon’range is available across a variety of lines including pineapple, mango, coconut, pomegranate and melon. The range is supported by some new point of sale material including branded shelf edge signs […]
Download our March Newsletter
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. You can download it from: https://blueskies.com/newsletter/march2019.pdf In this month’s newsletter: Blue Skies launches ice lollies made with fresh fruit The Foundation starts work on a new classroom block Our interim sustainability report is published Pelican News is a […]
Construction starts on new Classroom Block
A sod cutting ceremony was recently held in Ghana to officially mark the start of a new three classroom block for a Primary School at the village of Nsumia, which is located just a few miles from the Blue Skies factory. Work is already progressing and construction is expected to […]