Plantas de Navarra, S.A. (Planasa) was founded as a nursery in 1973 with the purpose of improving the quality of asparagus and strawberry plants. More than thirty years later, Planasa is the European leader in both asparagus and strawberry production. Planasa has also made great strides in the research, production and distribution of other products, such as raspberry, garlic and stone fruit trees besides the production of endives Planasa belongs to the French group Darbonne.