Ion Grecu

Biography

Ion Grecu was born on 30 March 1987 in the Ungheni district, into a family of farmers. After finishing school in his native village, he studied horticulture and viticulture at the State Agrarian University of Moldova. After graduating, he returned to the district, where he built his orchard farm step by step.

### Education

- (2005–2009) — State Agrarian University of Moldova, Faculty of Horticulture, specialty: horticulture and viticulture

### Professional experience

- (2009–2012) — agronomist, agricultural enterprise, Ungheni district
- (2012–2016) — lessee of 20 ha of orchard, Ungheni district
- since 2016 — founder of an orchard farm (60 ha — apples and plums), own cold-storage facility, Ungheni district

He is married and, together with his wife, is raising two children.

### Key facts

- Year of birth: 1987
- Place of birth: Ungheni district
- Profession: orchard farmer
- Current position: founder of an orchard farm, Ungheni district
- Education: State Agrarian University of Moldova, horticulture and viticulture

Views and principles

I have decided to run for the Ungheni District Council because I know what it means to grow an apple — and what it means to have no one to sell it to. I am an orchard farmer: I have a 60-hectare orchard, apples and plums, and my own cold storage.

I was born in the Ungheni district. After studying horticulture at the Agrarian University I worked as an agronomist, then leased my first 20 hectares of orchard. My orchard stands on the land of my native village.

I live orchard farmers' problems on my own skin: fruit spoils because there is not enough cold storage; prices are dictated by middlemen; subsidies for new orchards arrive slowly and wrapped in bureaucracy; without irrigation, a dry year means bankruptcy.

If you elect me, I will fight for concrete things: support for collective cold-storage facilities in the district; direct access for producers to markets and fairs, with no middlemen; simplified subsidies for planting new orchards; irrigation programmes for the district's orchard zones.

This candidacy is not about office — it is about responsibility. Together we can make the orchard farmer's work rewarded, not punished.

Career analysis

Ion Grecu's career confirms, step by step, the qualities a voters' representative needs.

As an agronomist he learned the science of the land: soils, varieties, treatments. That stage gave him the professional foundation on which he built everything.

As a lessee he learned entrepreneurial risk: he started from zero, with 20 leased hectares. He bet on himself — and won; a school of courage and responsibility for one's own decisions.

As the owner of the orchard farm he manages people, investments and sales. He built his own cold-storage facility — proof that he thinks long-term, not from one season to the next. That is the real economy, not theory.

Finally, his orchard stands on the land of his native village. Roots cannot be invented: Ion Grecu does not talk about farming — he lives it, and that is exactly why he can represent farmers.