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Krasnograd Vegetable Factory |
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Providing vegetables to the Kharkiv region |
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Krasnograd Vegetable Factory was founded in 1981 as a state farm and later became a collective agricultural enterprise. The plant has 1,050 hectares of arable lands and is specializing in growing and processing vegetables. It has 510 hectares of lands that can be irrigated and 4 hectares of greenhouses where tomatoes and cucumbers are grown throughout the year. Besides, the plant grows its own seedlings of various vegetables that are later planted into the open air soil. At present 2 more hectares of greenhouses are being prepared. Thirty percent of the fresh vegetables are sold in Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and 70 % is canned, stored and sold throughout the year. The enterprise has its own processing plant with the capability of 3 million conventional jars. |
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Information supplied by the company May 2000. Page last updated: January 19, 2004
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