Organic Islands

Η Organic Islands is a company in Naxos which since 2010 deals with the cultivation, processing, packaging and promotion organic aromatic plants. Its founder Nikos Hatziandreou does not belong to the category of young people who decided due to the crisis to leave Athens and find their fortune in the province. He made the big decision earlier. Despite being a senior executive with a successful career in two multinational consulting firms and studying BA in International Policy and Administration and MA in Diplomatic Studies, he once realized that with 70 hours of work a week he had lost all contact with his life and family. He decides without further ado to take his wife and two children and go to his parents' place of origin, in Naxos. After two years of various activities with his specialty, wanting to utilize his ancestral lands and after research at a theoretical level, but also with on-site visits to crops and standardization units throughout Greece and abroad, he sets up the Organic Islands , the first company in the Cyclades to cultivate certified organic flavorings and medicinal plants. The climate and soil composition on the island of Naxos prove to be ideal for such crops. The lack of water, the rich sunshine as well as the traditional cultivation techniques result in the production of high quality products, rich in essential oils that give a characteristic taste and aroma.

The plants start to be cultivated in 2010 in an area of ​​12 acres and since then the production has increased by leaps and bounds. The products produced apart from the certifications DIO 2015, ISO 2015, certification of essential oils, etc. have one of the most successful packages that take off the sales, with 50% being addressed to Western markets.

Its products Organic Islands They are available either in kraft paper packaging or in elegant colored cube-shaped cans (beautiful packaging that has been successful abroad). The most known:

• Fantasia cube of sage, rosemary and orange zest,
• Ambrosia cube of hyssop, balsam and orange zest,
• Euphoria cube of thyme, honeysuckle and lemon zest,
• Nostalgia cube of lavender and thyme,
• Philoxenia sage cube and orange zest,
• Utopia cube of flint, calendula petal and mandarin zest.