AutoPot News – May 2011

Dear AutoPot Customer,

Firstly Happy Easter to everyone, we hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and enjoyed the sunshine in your gardens. We are pleased to see the good weather and growing season finally arrive to a great start!

In this edition of the newsletter we cover the following news from AutoPot;

AutoPot’s founder and CEO Jason Ralph Smith recently visited Gambia to build business relationships and networks there.  The AutoPot technology is perfect for use in Gambia and other countries throughout Africa. As it does not require power, pumps or timers to operate, simple gravity pressure from a tank or water butt is all that is required. It is an environmentally sustainable system with low maintenance that is perfect for this climate.  The visit was a great success on all fronts, with both the commercial and NGO sectors showing keen interest in the products.  AutoPot  are now in talks with both charitable organisations to supply our irrigation systems to their projects and businesses to establish commercial set ups within Gambia.

Feedback from Gambian Charitable Organisations on the AutoPot products and Little Growers scheme:

“What I like about the Little Growers project is that the children will not only learn from growing their own crops and gain some income, but they will also be learning about a new technology, and in this way become the catalysts for change in the community.”

“I am convinced that the AutoPot system is a very good weapon in the fight against poverty and hunger (our motto) here in the sub-Saharan countries. Especially the simplicity of your system, the fact that no electricity is needed, the fact that your system can be left unattended for some time, hardly maintenance is needed, the simple handling of it are convincing.”

In the last newsletter we informed you about a local herb growing company, Fez Herbs utilising the AutoPot easy2grow and 1pot system on a commercial scale. As well as commercially growing herbs they also work with a number of restaurants in the area to grow their own herbs using the AutoPot systems. 

The Fez Herb team set up each restaurant with AutoPot Systems. Where the chefs grow their own herbs, ensuring they have a constant supply of fresh, home grown produce for their restaurants.  They have now expanded their set up to 500 pots, as shown in the pictures, this is a unique and exciting venture that utilises AutoPot’s full potential to supply everything the plant needs for a bumper crop.

AutoPot are pleased to announce we have welcomed five new distributors since our last newsletter, with our international presence growing every month.

Hydroshop Israel	Innigardar, Reykjavick Iceland	Plant Ex & Hydrogarden Sweden	Alegre, Athens Greece	DHH Trading Denmark

Until the next issue – Happy growing for the Summer of 2011 and don’t forget to send us your AutoPot photographs to mail@autopot.co.uk to receive your 10% discount!

Best Wishes,

Jason Ralph-Smith

AutoPot Founder