Your Sourcing Office in Spain · Almonds & Agricultural Commodities
Do you know which fieldyour almonds come from?
Most buyers don't — because between them and the Spanish grower sits an importer who doesn't know either. Terravena is the alternative: your own buyer on the ground in Spain, with direct access down to the plot.
An honest audit
Four questions for your procurement.
Do you know which field every lot comes from?
Or does your traceability end at the importer's delivery note?
How many of your Spanish suppliers have you visited in person?
Do you audit on site — or trust certificate PDFs?
How many hours a week do supplier search, claims and renegotiations cost you?
And what would that time be worth at your day rate?
How often do you re-test lots because the supplier's documentation isn't enough?
Every duplicate analysis is paid distrust.
If you hesitated on any of these, the next chapter is worth your time.
What Terravena is — and is not
We are not a broker. We are your procurement in Spain.
A broker arranges deals and earns on the margin — the higher the price, the better for him. We work differently: Terravena becomes your company's external sourcing partner in Spain. Fixed annual fee instead of margin. Your specification instead of standard goods. Our presence on the ground instead of your business trips.
You get what usually only corporations have: your own sourcing office in Spain — without having to build one.
Our model
One partner. Two supply routes.
Depending on product, volume and specification, we supply from our own origin programme — or source precisely from the Spanish market. You don't have to choose: that's our job.
Direct from the field
4,000 hectares of partner orchards, five modern varieties, every lot traceable to the plot. For plannable annual volumes with complete documentation.
- Exclusive origin partnership
- Field allocation per lot
- Up to 4,000 t kernels per year
Your buyer in the market
When your specification calls for something else — Marcona, organic, special formats — we source from our vetted grower network. Negotiated in your name, inspected before loading.
- To your specification
- Negotiation in your name
- Inspection before loading
Terravena's founder
Mallorca, Spain
Why Terravena exists
The man between your procurement and the Spanish field.
Why Spain
Our founder lives in Mallorca and works where your raw materials grow. Terravena grew out of a simple observation: German buyers and Spanish growers want the same thing — reliable, fair, long-term business. But between them lie language, distance and a trading chain in which nobody takes responsibility for the whole.
Why growers trust him
Because he shows up. Not once for the contract signing, but at blossom, at harvest, when problems arise. In Spanish, without interpreters, without time pressure. In an industry that trades by phone, physical presence is the hardest currency.
What that means for you
When you work with Terravena, you have someone who can stand on the finca tomorrow. Who sees quality problems before they ship. And who sits on your side of the table in price negotiations — contractually guaranteed, through a fixed fee instead of a margin.
Talk to the founder directly →„I don't earn from you paying more. I earn from you coming back.“
Trust is good. Verifying is better.
Our proof: we know the field personally.
For us, traceability is not a software feature — it's a relationship. Through our exclusive origin partnership we can say for every lot which field it comes from, because we know the grower, visit the orchards and accompany the harvest.
One of Spain's largest almond growers — our direct partner.
4,000 hectares of professionally managed orchards, five modern varieties, one point of contact. We work directly with the grower — from field to harvest to loading. That's why we can prove what others only claim: which almond comes from which field. We'll gladly share our partner's name in conversation.
See the origin programme →Direct line to the grower — no anonymous trading chain
Field allocation per lot: plot, variety, harvest date
Field visits & harvest supervision on site
Audit visits for your QA team can be arranged
The QR certificate documents it
Every lot receives a scannable Product Trace certificate with origin, lab results and chain of custody — the tool that makes our origin work visible to your customers.
Your documentation package
With every delivery: specification confirmation, certificate of analysis (CoA) from an accredited lab, origin proof down to the plot, chain of custody. Filed audit-ready.
Putting it in context
What 4,000 hectares mean for your procurement.
The average Spanish almond plot is smaller than five hectares. Buying "Spanish almonds" usually means buying an anonymous blend from hundreds of micro-origins. Our origin programme consolidates a single, professionally managed area — and that changes your purchasing reality:
| Fact | Your benefit |
|---|---|
| One consolidated area instead of hundreds of plots | One contact, one quality, one audit — instead of a supplier patchwork |
| Young, irrigated orchards | Growing, plannable yields — your volumes scale with your demand |
| Modern, late-blooming varieties (Belona, Marinada, Vairo, Guara, Largueta) | Minimal frost risk — the most common failure cause of Spanish supply largely eliminated |
| One origin, one documentation | Traceability at no surcharge — built in structurally, not reconstructed afterwards |
| Up to 4,000 t of kernels per year in the programme | Volume security for annual contracts, even when the market tightens |
The comparison
Traditional importer or Terravena?
| Traditional importer | Terravena | |
|---|---|---|
| Earnings model | Margin on your price | Fixed annual fee — 0% margin |
| Incentive | The higher the price, the higher his profit | Every negotiated euro stays with you |
| Origin | "Spain" (blended goods) | Plot-level, verifiable by QR |
| Local presence | Trade-fair visits | Permanently in Spain, field visits included |
| Quality control | After arrival (your risk) | Before loading (our job) |
| Communication | Middleman silence | Direct line, your language, 24-h response |
| When problems arise | "We'll have to ask around" | One party is accountable: us |
The importer sells you goods. We take responsibility for your procurement.
Getting started
How we start. No framework contract, no disruption.
Understand
We capture your specifications, annual volumes and current sources. You invest two hours, we invest the rest.
Prove
You receive concrete sourcing proposals with samples, lab results and prices — in parallel to your existing suppliers, no switch required.
The first container
A first container that you buy as normal goods, fully documented, from plot to your ramp. Your real-world test before we agree the annual partnership.
For this first container you pay no sourcing fee and need no framework contract. You pay for the goods, we prove our work. This entry is meant for companies that intend to source regularly, not for one-off bargain buying.
Book a pilot conversation →Frequently asked
What buyers ask us.
Terravena is the extended procurement arm of European food manufacturers in Spain, based in Mallorca. We supply Spanish almonds two ways: direct from our exclusive origin partnership with 4,000 hectares of orchards — or as your strategic local buyer who scouts suppliers, negotiates prices and controls quality in your name.
We work in annual partnerships with a fixed fee, not a margin per shipment. That removes the conflict of interest: we don't earn on the purchase price, we negotiate every price in your interest. Every euro we negotiate off stays with you. We can handle the first container without a sourcing fee so you can experience our work in practice; you only pay for the goods. Whether we waive that fee we decide case by case, since this entry is meant for companies with regular demand, not for one-off buyers.
Yes — expressly welcome. We organise on-site audits at the origin, accompany your QA team and provide all documents audit-ready. Growers who shy away from audits don't work with us.
As standard: specification confirmation, certificate of analysis (CoA) from an accredited laboratory, origin proof down to the plot and the QR trace certificate. Additionally to your QA scheme on request.
You have one accountable party: us. We respond within 24 hours, are at the grower's within days, and resolve based on retained samples and the documented chain — not by finger-pointing along the trading stages.
By agreement — typically DAP/DDP to your plant or FCA ex processor. We coordinate logistics; the terms follow your setup.
From the origin programme: Belona, Marinada, Vairo, Guara and Largueta. Via market sourcing additionally Marcona, Comuna, Valencia, organic qualities and special formats — in-shell, shelled, blanched or processed.
From a single container into four-digit tonnage a year. Our origin programme offers a capacity of up to 4,000 tonnes of almond kernels per year; through the market we scale further.
Contact
You won't talk to a sales team. You'll talk to the founder.
Describe your situation — products, volumes, current sources. Within 24 hours you get an honest assessment: what we can improve for you, and what we cannot. In your language.
Based in
Mallorca, Spain
Balearic Islands
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— The founder · Terravena · Mallorca, Spain