<p><strong>Good morning from Styria, the &lsquo;Green Heart&rsquo; of southeast Austria!</strong></p>

<p>This region is home to the Styrian Berry Cooperative, proud creators of one of the largest black elderberry (<em>Sambucus nigra</em>, L) cultivations on earth. 250 farmers produce exclusively for IPRONA The Fruit Company ElderCraft - European Black Elderberry Extract.</p>

<p>As you know, flowers and berries are growing in clusters. This year, these clusters have grown in large numbers and have developed very evenly.&nbsp;This is the most important precondition for a good berry harvest later in August and September. Under optimum weather conditions, nature should be able to catch up some of the delay, and up-to-date, we are not anticipating the new crop to start prior end of August.</p>

<p>All in all, our expectations are fully met at this point in time!&nbsp;We hope that Mother Nature continues to cooperate with the growers over the next few months&hellip;we will keep you posted.&nbsp;For further information&nbsp;please contact us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:healthandnutrition@iprona.com">healthandnutrition@iprona.com</a>.</p>
