{"id":12838,"date":"2022-08-11T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc.sonae.pt\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:13:28","slug":"continente-awards-excellence-sustainability-and-innovation-from-portuguese-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mc.sonae.pt\/en\/news\/continente-awards-excellence-sustainability-and-innovation-from-portuguese-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Continente awards excellence, sustainability and innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>The Continente Producers Club awarded four national agri-food companies during its Annual Meeting, in July, which brought together more than 150 Portuguese producers. The \u201cInnovation\u201d awards were given to \u2018ANPOC\u2019 &#8211; National Proteins, Oilseeds and Cereals Association and to \u2018Aki D\u2019el Mar\u2019. The \u201cSustainability\u201d prize was awarded to \u00c9vora\u2019s \u2018Jurofrutas\u2019 and the Western Producers\u2019 Organization \u2013 \u2018NARC Frutas\u2019 &#8211; was awarded the \u201cExcellence\u201d prize.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWith the aim of distinguishing the best that is done in the national agri-food sector, the Continente Producers Club once again awarded the annual awards for the recognition of good practices, in the innovation, sustainability and excellence fields.\r\n\r\nBoth \u2018ANPOC\u2019 &#8211; National Proteins, Oilseeds and Cereals Association (a CPC member since 2020) and \u2018Aki D&#8217;el Mar\u2019, a seafood trading company from Caldas da Rainha, and a CPC member since 2012, presented innovative projects and aligned with healthy eating, within the scope of the Producers Club\u2019s Academy.\r\n\r\n\u2018Jurofrutas\u2019, located in Alandroal, \u00c9vora, and a member of the CPC since 2011, was awarded its distinction for the good agricultural practices that it has been implementing in its nectarine and peach orchards, whose crops will be arriving at Continente stores this season.\r\n\r\nThis year\u2019s Excellence award was given to \u2018NARC Frutas\u2019, the Western Producers\u2019 Organization, a CPC member since 2011, which produces \u2018Royal Gala\u2019, \u2018Golden\u2019, and \u2018Fuji\u2019 Apples as well as \u2018Rocha\u2019 Pear in more than 220 acres in the municipalities of Alcoba\u00e7a, Caldas da Rainha and Nazar\u00e9, where the proximity to the sea and the mountains give the fruit produced there unique characteristics.\r\n\r\nDuring the awards ceremony, Ondina Afonso, President of the Continente Producers Club, stated that \u201c<em>innovation and excellence continue to be awarded by the Producers Club, and this year we added yet another category \u2013 the Sustainability Award \u2013 where we wanted to recognize one of the producers who has been with us since the launch of our Declaration for Sustainability<\/em>\u201d. 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