Alongside the outpourings of sympathy and promise of prayers, since the large earthquakes of December 2020 struck Sisak-Moslavina County, Total Croatia News has been inundated with requests from regular readers and other asking how they can directly and effectively help. TCN has tried to answer all enquiries the best we can and has striven towards directing donors to the best-placed outlets.
Certainly, the rebuild of the communities and economies in places like Petrinja, Glina, Sisak and hundreds of surrounding villages, hamlets and settlements will take months, even years. As TCN discovered after we visited the affected region one day after the earthquake, this area is predominantly rural. People here live off the land, from agricultural endeavours. Small producers and family farms make up much of the economy. In a year where such producers have been hard hit by travel restrictions and other aspects of the pandemic, the livelihoods of many have been shattered by the subsequent earthquake.
In a pro-active, helpful and exhaustive piece of data collection, writer Antonia Dobrota and the team at Croatian-language tourism portal cimerfraj have over recent days come up with an inspired suggestion of how [people can directly help the economies and people of the affected region. They have published a list of as many small producers, family farms and Petrinja OPG producers, plus those in surrounding areas.
By ordering food, produce and goods like pottery from this list, people can spend their money directly within the economies of the affected area – no suspicion, no doubt, no middlemen, no staffing costs deducted. It is an inspired decision to construct (and continually update) such a list. Bravo, Antonia and cimerfraj! Several Croatian-language media outlets have since republished the list. Total Croatia News is pleased to do so in English. We warmly encourage its use, not only now, but in the months that follow.
Being small producers and family farms, most of the producers below are not only vital to others in the local communities (by offering employment opportunities), their goods are almost exclusively organic and produced in a traditional, eco-friendly manner. Any orders should be submitted with the utmost confidence.
(OPG is a designation in Croatia that is given specifically to family farms and small, community producers)
OPG Mladen Tonković
Gornji Vidusevac 2a, Glina
095 8069 822
[email protected]
Products: hazelnuts
OPG Predrag Đurđević
Stjepana Radića 168, Petrinja OPG
091 5853 717
[email protected]
Products: honey, bee products
OPG Vicencinović Hergouth
Stari put 28, Gornja Gračenica
098 9817 696 [email protected]
Products: liqueurs, fruit brandies
OPG Naglić
Kompator 34, Velika Ludina
091 5437 949
[email protected]
Products: organic fruit
OPG Pčelarstvo Crneković
Kornatska 20, Sisak
091 8913 248
[email protected]
Products: honey, bee products
OPG Tomislav Marcinek
Mate Vezmara 25, Voloder
098 9043 165
[email protected]
Products: sheep, chicken and rabbit breeding
Family farm Zeljko Perkovic
Timarci 117, Sunja
091 5887 753
[email protected]
Products: sheep
OPG Oljačić
Dragutina Benka 12, Petrinja OPG
098 1861 397
[email protected]
Products: seasonal fruits and vegetables
OPG Horžić
Vladimira Nazora 26, Sunja
099 4600 210
[email protected]
Products: meat and eggs
OPG Abramović
Franje Zuzeka 17, Glina
098 638 455
[email protected]
Products: mulch, honey and beekeeping products
OPG Leci
Tadije Smičiklasa 34, Petrinja OPG
091 1502 732
[email protected]
Products: chokeberry / ariona berry and fruit jams, chokeberry / ariona berry juice
OPG Mikliš
Desno Trabarjevo 39, Martinska Ves
098 615 011
[email protected]
Products: chickens, ducks, turkeys, chickens, eggs
OPG Ivanković
Martinska Ves 124, Martinska Ves
095 3992 217
[email protected]
Products: hazelnut, beans, orange sweet potato
OPG Ćordaš
Donji Klasnic 111, Glina
091 8843 182
[email protected]
Products: teas, jams, chokeberry / ariona berry products
OPG Marčinko
Dražena Petrovića 18/2, Petrinja OPG
099 7235 037
[email protected]
Products: chokeberry / ariona berry, various types of honey and juices, eco buckwheat flour
Family farm Jure Kolarić
Bobovac 321, Sunja
095 8158 505
Mini cheese factory
Products: Mini cheese factory
OPG Džakula
Sjeverovac 23, Sunja
091 2048 169
[email protected]
Products: veal, pork, fresh meat and cured meat products
Pottery is a traditional craft in the area of Petrinja © TZ Petrinja
Pottery Matej Stanešić
Ljudevita Gaja 30, Petrinja OPG
044 816 308
[email protected]
Pottery Val
Slavko Kolar 2, Petrinja OPG
0912340 060
[email protected]
Cacti Beslic
Zagrebacka 185, Duzica
044 752 273
Products: cacti, succulents, aloe, carnivorous plants
Vrtlarija Gadžić
Stjepana Radića 324, Petrinja OPG
099 4040 992
gardener-gadzic
Products: flower and vegetable seedlings, perennials, roses, ornamental and spice plants
Eko-Pčela & OPG Rožić
Slatina 86, Petrinja OPG
098 1727 187
Products: organic honey, grain, rye, buckwheat, oats, fruit seedlings
Beekeeping Priljeva
Mije Srnaka 40, Petrinja OPG
098 9748 434
honey and beekeeping products
OPG Jela Grubišić
9 Gromova Street, Petrinja OPG
098 9454 211
Products: chickens, eggs
OPG Josipa Gadžić
Franza Wagnera 92, Petrinja OPG
098 9454 211
Products: flower and vegetable seedlings
OPG Polimac
Gornja Mlinoga 44
044 823 117/098 1373 107
Products: lambs and sheep
OPG Bunjan Dalibor
Sisačka 50 a, Petrinja OPG
099 2540 815
[email protected]
Products: seasonal fruits and vegetables
OPG Champignon
Đurđica Bočina, Žabno 16, Sisak
099 8196 665
[email protected]
Products: different types of mushrooms
OPG Trsoglavec Štefica
Sibic
098 286 558
Products: cheese, cream, butter and other dairy products
OPG Radošević Marijana
Stromarova 9, Petrinja OPG
099 2557 140
Products: honey and bee products
OPG Dario Paropatić
091 5723 320
Livestock breeding, buying and selling
OPG Paropatić Dejan
099 6597 155
Buying and selling live cattle
OPG Dvorneković
Milana Makanca 25, Petrinja OPG
091 1814 368
Products: blackberry wine, red currant wine, honey, propolis and fruit liqueurs
OPG Šipuš
Preloscica 92, Sisak
097 6674 912
Products: dairy products, cheeses of different flavors
OPG Vuletić Željka
Gornja Mlinoga 39, Petrinja OPG
098 1847 750
[email protected]
Products: jams, marmalades and juices from pumpkin, chokeberry / ariona berry and other fruits
OPG Priljeva Stojan
Donje Seliste, Glina
044 880 353/099 7403 650
Products: cheese and dairy products
OPG Lovro Lenac
A. Tomulića 10, Hrvatska Kostajnica
099 5127 643
[email protected]
Products: pumpkin and chestnut
OPG Tamara Sekereš
Osekovo
091 7914 230
[email protected]
Production: Beekeeping. 8 different types of honey, honey mixtures, propolis, delivery for Zagreb
OPG Ivica Vancas
Nebojan 134, Petrinja OPG
044 751 034/099 8048 076
Production: cereals (except rice), legumes and rapeseed oil
OPG Finka and Zdravko Oršulić
Matije Antolca 141, Petrinja OPG
095 9033 084/095 5863 284
Products: vegetable and flower seedlings, flowers and herbs
Family farm Snježana Oršulić
135 Gromova Street, Petrinja OPG
095 9074 512
Production: flower and vegetable seedlings
OPG Kata Čiča
Donji Viduševac, Glina
098 9945 323
Products: eco hazelnuts and free-range eggs
Family farm Slavica Jurić
Donja Budicina 22, Petrinja OPG
091 7220 520
Products: free-range eggs
OPG Mladen Bjelac
Ive Maline 84, Petrinja OPG
098 601 191
[email protected]
Products: hazelnuts
OPG Stevo Zec
Hrvatska Kostajnica
091 7267 749
Products: honey
OPG Novakovic Milan
Gornji Bjelovac 15, Donji Kukuruzari
044 856 073
[email protected]
Products: home-made sausages and bacon, pork fat
OPG Nikola Petković
Kralja Tomislava 73, Glina
091 7691 460
[email protected]
Products: blackberry wine, blackberry liqueurs, raspberries, cherries, walnuts, rakija, jams, rural tourism
OPG Petrinjčica Davor Lugomer
Luščani 115
091 4000 407
Borovnice Petrinjčica
Products: blueberry cultivation from 15.6 to 10.8
OPG Križić
Matije Antolca 1, Petrinja OPG
095 3924 280
Products: vegetables and bee products
OPG Marica Rožić
Vratečko 23, Petrinja OPG
091 6141 708
Products: livestock (cows, horses, chickens), milk production
OPG Naglić Kristina
Hrvatskog proljeća 30, Glina
099 2309 051
[email protected]
Products: lambs, wine, brandy, liqueurs and Christmas trees
OPG Nikola Navijalić
Kralja Tomislava 1 branch 5, Moscenica
098 9729 671
Products: strawberries, vegetables, honey
OPG Miroslava Jović
Brezovo Polje 38, Glina
099 8299 458
Products: veal
OPG Josip Petrović
Brezovo Polje 95, Glina
099 2153 129
Products: pork, lamb, calves and young goats
OPG Dragan Jović
Brezovo Polje 95, Glina
099 2153 129
Production: calves
OPG Marijan Glušić
Antuna Mihanovića 1a, Petrinja OPG
095 9099 305/091 5251 497
[email protected]
Products: apples and apple juice
OPG Josip Starešinović
Strašnik 109, Petrinja OPG
099 8759 237
[email protected]
Products: milk, cheeses
OPG Milić Perica
Volinja 3, Dvor
099 5904996 / 098 779 214
[email protected]
Products: free-range eggs, beef, composting, potatoes
OPG Vesna Antunović
Don Ante Lizatovica 5, Donji Kukuruzari
098 1902 554
[email protected]
Products: honey, bee products
Family farm Vladimir Vujčić
Velika Gradusa 63, Sunja
091 7231 393
[email protected]
Products: lambs
Family farm Vesna Pranjic – Marincic Winery
Frankopanska 18, Sisak
(new address: Jazvenik 8e, Sela)
0917315678/0915892346
[email protected]
Products: wine, viticulture and winemaking
OPG Anita Zrnić
Bestrma 116, Sunja
098 1829 823
[email protected]
Products: lamb, young goats
DVORSKA KOŠARICA – association of OPGs
091 9299 888
[email protected]
OPG Zoran Simić
Donji Javoranj 38 Dvor
Products: breeder of indigenous, protected breeds of pigs, sheep, goats and donkeys – live animals, meat and meat products – sausages, lard, čvarci (fried pork rind – pork scratchings), bacon
OPG Milko Nišević Kepčije
Products: smoked and fresh cheeses, organic breeding of calves, heifer cows, sheep and lambs
OPG Angela and Štefan Abramović
Products: pumpkin oil, flour, seeds, goat cheese, yogurt, fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables
OPG Milan Janković
Uncani 75, Dvor
0996585104
[email protected]
Products: flaxseed (linseed) oil, pumpkin oil, pumpkin protein, flax seeds
OPG Kokin dom
Petrinja OPG
095 7972 064
Production: chickens
OPG Blaženko Anđić
Tomislava Ivkaneca 8a, Petrinja OPG
Products: honey and bee products, chokeberry / ariona berry products
OPG Jelić Ivka
Gajeva, Petrinja OPG
Available in online shop Zelena Kuca
Products: Collective of small producers of domestic and ecological products from Petrinja and its surroundings
Family farm Dijana Vukovic
Novi Farkasic 48
099 2862 510
Products: pumpkin oil
OPG “Majčina dušica” Nada Tanković
Petrinja OPG
091 7346 973
[email protected]
Products: spices, herbs and medicinal herbs, berries (currants, raspberries, blackberries)
OPG Barišić Ivan
Mececani, Donji Kukuruzari
091 6460 664
[email protected]
Products: vegetables, fruits, conserved fruits and vegetables, sheep and beekeeping
OPG Mara Dejanović
Deanovići 12, Petrinja OPG
098 9424 409
Products: dairy products, meat products, eggs, onions and other vegetables, lambs, pigs, calves
OPG Josip Jurković
Desni Degoj 20, Glina
098 9830 900
[email protected]
Products: eggs, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions
OPG Mira Cavic
Batinova Kosa 59, Topusko
099 7987 820
Products: free-range eggs, honey, potatoes, onions, lard, cleaned (plucked and butchered) chickens, geese and ducks, lambs
OPG Špiljar Nikola
Novi Farkasic 43, Petrinja OPG
098 9721 470
Products: cow-calf, sheep, pigs and horses
OPG Ivica Klobučar
Jurja Fratrovića 13, Glina
[email protected]
Products: sheep breeding and free-range eggs
OPG Borojević
Trgovi, Dvor
091 9158 544
[email protected]
Products: certified organic production and processing of hazelnuts (shelled hazelnuts, hazelnut oil, hazelnut flour, roasted hazelnuts) and buckwheat
OPG Severin Jurić
Lijevi Odvojak 33 A, Brest Pokupski
099 5053 160 / 098 551 324
[email protected]
Product: hazelnuts
Cimerfraj add the following notes:
This list includes all small producers and family farms from the earthquake-affected settlements and the surrounding areas. At the time of compiling the list, we do not know whether these manufacturers are harmed or not, nor do we consider this important. We believe that synergy is necessary in order to initiate the balanced development of favorable existential opportunities for life in this area.
Due to some parts of the area currently being poorly covered by phone and internet signal, some of the manufacturers are easier to contact by text message, SMS or WhatsApp.
The list is still being updated. If you know of a domestic manufacturer from the affected area who is not currently included, please send all relevant details to [email protected]
