Its origins trace back to South America, to the region around Brazil and Paraguay. From there, Spanish and Portuguese colonizers brought it to the rest of the world in the 16th century. Today, pineapple is grown in tropical regions all around the globe, from Southeast Asia to Africa to Central America. The three largest producers worldwide are Indonesia, the Philippines, and Costa Rica, which together account for a large share of global production. Brazil, China, India, Thail

This really caught us by surprise 😊. Over the weekend, the Süddeutsche Zeitung dedicated a whole page to the pineapple, with five facts about the fruit. One of them touches on exactly our topic. What actually happens to the plant once the fruit has been harvested? After the harvest, the leaves are usually thrown away or burned, even though, as the article puts it, they are "far too good to waste". And that is exactly where eco:fibr is mentioned, as an example of how new valu

Just one or two fruits in its entire life, that is all a single pineapple plant will ever produce. 🍍 Did you know that? Under non-commercial conditions, it would take several years for the plant to reach its first flowering. In cultivation, this is triggered artificially with a flowering inductor. After that, the fruit still needs another four to eight months to ripen. Once the first harvest is in, a side shoot of the plant can grow a second fruit after about a year. And the