On Saturday, June 6th, APRC has organized agriculture site visit to FRIXX, potato chips producing enterprise, and Lisi Lake Greenhouse producing organic products.
FRIXX is the first world class potato chips produced in Georgia. It offers consumers three flavors of chips and targets not only Georgia, but its neighboring countries as well. The founder and director of FRIXX, Jean-Frederic Paulsen and technical director Wlodzimierz Lepczynski personally hosted ISET students. During the site visit students had an opportunity to see the factory infrastructure, ask questions about the production process and try Georgian chips. Students were especially curious about the potato supply chain, distribution markets for chips, marketing and branding.

After visiting the chips factory, ISET students moved on to the greenhouse at Lisi Lake. The greenhouse owned by Nina Petrova is probably the only and the most popular greenhouse producing Georgian organic products in Tbilisi area. Ms. Petrova has started her business several years ago and is going to be certified as a producer of organic products in the nearest future. According to Ms. Petrova, organic products gain increasing popularity among consumers and are considered to be healthier and environmentally friendly. She talked about the challenges and opportunities of her business as well as about the future plans.
ISET students enjoyed the site visit and learned a lot about these agricultural enterprises.