It all started in 2015, when the company was founded by two people on a mission: Ronald van Marlen and Juergen Stolzer. They started the journey to create an open, honest and organic fruit business company, respecting people and the planet. The mission went well: after 5 years NaNa Bio has a team of 11 people, grows and processes 6,000 MT organic fruit and serves 50+ partners from all over the world.
NaNa Bio is specialized in B2B organic and biodynamic IQF frozen fruits, purees and juices.
ABOUT NaNa Bio
We at NaNa Bio have a high expertise in baby food and have our focus on private label organic brands like DEMETER, Bio- Suisse, NOP and Naturland as well. We produce in external factories and have stocks in several countries.factoriesNaturlandandhave
Contact Ronald at nanaronald@nanabio.eu .
We at Nana Bio believe that agriculture should enrich nature and people. Our goal is to make the world 100% organic and thereby contributing to fight the greatest crisis of our time: the climate crisis.
Fighting inequality, celebrating diversity
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
We’re currently operating in 19 countries from Europe to North America, South America and Asia. Our team members are working in several countries, close to our crops. With 30+ years of experience and knowledge in organic farming, production and processing, we dedicate ourselves to growing high quality fruit with a transparent, sustainable and inclusive policy.
We’re so passionate about sharing knowledge and creating a brighter future, we’ve even started the NaNa Food Academy. There we offers a platform and network for everyone with a passion for organic entrepreneurship and sustainability. Want to know more?
Banana fiber is a 100% biodegradable material and has no negative impact on the environment. Thanks to LatBio, we have visited and commissioned AMA to support their sustainable initiative.
harvest these trunks from
The Asociación de Mujeres Agro-Artesanales is a female empowering project that uses residual streams from LatBio and converts them into sustainable products. They want to establish the artisanal identity of their province, El Oro, while improving income for local women. And just like Nana Bio, both LatBio and AMA are committed to encourage care for the planet and build a more sustainable world.
LAtbio & the Asociación de Mujeres Agro-Artesanales
Meet Latbio: an Ecuadorian company of farmers that grow bananas in an organic, biodynamic and regenerative way. We’re proud to have them as a partner, as they produce our organic biodynamic DEMETER banana puree. Not long ago, co-founder Ronald van Marlen received a beautiful woven hat from LatBio. This wasn’t just any hat - but one with a story. After learning about the people from the Asociación de Mujeres Agro-Artesanales (AMA) who made it, Ronald decided to contact them for a collaboration.
Thanks to the ideal climate and fertile soil, Ecuador is the world’s biggest exporter of bananas. Once a banana bunch is harvested, the main trunk is cut down to make room for one of the side shoots. The artisans of LatBio and turn them into banana fiber. They then braid these fiber strips into beautiful & sustainable products such as hats, wallets, handbags, souvenirs and articles for home decor.
To make their hats, the artisans use waste from LatBio’s banana farmers. As soon as the bananas are harvested, the main trunk is cut down to create room for a new side shoot. This side shoot will grow into a new trunk with fruit. The old trunk is cut and stripped with a special knife to harvest three different types of stringy fibers. These fiber strips are then left to dry before braiding them. The women of Asomujeres Artesanales use a range of braiding techniques to create products such as this durable and colorful hat.
FROM TREE TO HAT
Team LatBio
Team NaNa Bio
Mishel, Matthieu, Lenin, Fernando, Juan, Maria Angela and Pamela.
Ronald, Juergen, Marija, Lasse, Biljana, Bart, Dusan, Katarina, Ivan, Pilar and Hala.
WE WANT TO THANK ALL OUR PARTNERs FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH US.
5708 ZP Helmond
Demeter licence: 3026
EU organic code: NL-BIO-01
The Netherlands Contact
Hertogsveld 15
EU organic licence: 106666
Katinka Feijs www.katinkafeijs.com
M: + 31 6 23 65 81 92
Ronald van Marlen
BROCHURE design & illustration
Organic certification
Biosuisse licence: 152934
Nana Bio b.v.
E: nanaronald@nanabio.eu
