SuJon's Growers

Pioneering New Zealand berry farming families producing world class berries for the premium Sujon range:
 

Sujon’s Blackcurrants

Phil and John Hyatt and their wives (Raewyn and Pat) farm around 4000 acres of land in the Upper Moutere’s Sunrise Valley and at Tapawera in the Motueka Valley. The land is divided into forestry and sheep and cattle farming along with their world-class blackcurrant farms. In addition the Hyatt’s have set aside a major area of unique New Zealand native bush as part of a QE2 covenant. The Hyatt’s Blackcurrant farms are on the flatlands in Sunrise Valley and at Tapawera are nestled at the foothills of the Kahurangi National Park. Both areas create perfect growing and ripening conditions for the Hyatt’s Blackcurrant berries: the fierce intensity of the sunlight in this area producing amazing levels of health-giving anthocyanin antioxidants in the berries.
 

Sujon’s Blackberries

Kate and Tim Gibb’s Stanmore Farm is at Te Horo on the Kapiti Coast. The rugged coastal environment is perfect for growing pears and grapevines. But more importantly, the area produces amazing blackberries and Stanmore Farm is famous for its plump, densely coloured Blackberries. The coastal climate creates a combination of intense sunlight and vigorous temperature changes that sets the perfect combination of sweetness and tart in the ripe fruit, and for creating high levels of the all-important antioxidants as evidenced by the wonderful rich colour of the berries.

Sujon’s Blueberries

Graham and Diane Beach and their two sons and wives, Glen and Linda, John and Bronwyn, are one of New Zealand’s longest standing blueberry farming families. For more than 20 years their superb succulent blueberries have helped New Zealand establish a reputation for producing some of the world’s finest blueberry fruit. The Beaches Blueberry farms are at Rukuhia, in the foothills of the Waikato’s Pirongia Mountain. The area, with its own microclimate, has been proven to produce wonderful fruit with exceptional antioxidant values.

Sujon's Apples

Hamish Rush is a 4th generation orchardist in the idyllic Tasman-Golden Bay region of New Zealand. This region is rated one of the top three apple-growing regions of the world (along with the Loire Valley of France and New York States Hudson valley). Hamish farms apples, pears and blackcurrants with his father and their families. The family’s orchards are sited in the historic Tasman Village on the Tasman-Golden Bay coastline. Facing north into the sun, the fruit gets exceptionally intense sunshine during the day and bracing cool coastal air at night. This day-night temperature fluctuation coupled with rich mineral-laden soil, and pure water and air quality, is the key to locking superb flavours and health values into the apples themselves. Hamish’s orchard produces premium Braeburn apples and it’s from orchards such as his that Sujon sources the best Braeburn apples possible for its 100% New Zealand-grown Apple Berry Mix.