Braham Produce may not be one of Australia's bigger producers of capsicums, but they pride themselves on being one of the best quality providers in the sector. The company grows chili peppers in just over 2 hectares of greenhouses in South Australia, growing around 60,000 plants.
"All of our production is done in greenhouses, which by Australian standards are pretty high-tech," explains Evan Braham, who works at the family business. "All of our greenhouses have retractable roofs, misters, and screens to protect from the harsh sunlight and heat in the summer months."The main production is in red chili, but the company also grows some yellow and orange fruit.
"Our season runs from June/ July until late May/ June. We stop for about two months each year, this is when we fumigate the greenhouses and prepare for the new season. We have our first peak production in November."Braham Produce sends the hot peppers to wholesalers in Perth and Brisbane, also some to Sydney and wholesalers in South Australia.
We sold one size grading machine to Australia, it is used to sort chiles by diameter, so far, everything is running well.