Prominent’s growers
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Van Adrichem Kwekerijen
Van Adrichem Kwekerijen is a family business with almost seventy years of experience. One of their two locations is situated in Westdorpe, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. At this site, they use geothermal energy and the CO₂ that is released during the production of fertiliser at a company nearby; incredibly sustainable!
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De Bakker Westland
De Bakker Westland is the family business of father Frans and his two sons, Bart and Roel. The company has been based in Kwintsheul, in the Dutch Westland region, for ages. The horticultural business is over six hectares in size and employs 25 people. The permanent employees have been with the company for a long time.
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Bryte
Bryte's roots are in the Dutch Westland region. The company was founded in 2019 as a result of a merger between Kwekerij Dukker and Zwinkels Tomaten. Two different family businesses that share the same DNA. For years, they have been growing tomatoes that are known for one thing only: their taste.
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Van Noord Growers
This tomato nursery in the sunny province of Zeeland, in the south of the Netherlands, specialises in growing cocktail tomatoes. In 1991, Dick van Noord started with 1 hectare of greenhouse space in Sirjansland. Since then, the horticultural company has grown into a location of 8.4 hectares where tasty vine tomatoes are grown.
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Prominent Grevelingen
Prominent Grevelingen is located in the beautiful and quiet Sirjansland, a tiny town on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland in the province of Zeeland. There are 12 permanent employees working on more than 11 hectares and up to 30 flex workers during peak season.
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Prominent Groeneweg I & II
The Prominent growers also run two jointly owned tomato companies in ‘s-Gravenzande, in the province of South Holland, that are used as a Knowledge and Innovation Centre. This is where they keep a close eye on developments within tomato cultivation and test all new possibilities in the field of cultivation techniques, new varieties or substrate alternatives.
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R. Van Koppen
Robert van Koppen’s family business started, grew and settled in Kwintsheul in the Westland region. On this small-scale nursery of 4.5 hectares, a group of four permanent employees works together with several flex workers and students every day with great pleasure and surrounded by the tastiest tomatoes.
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Meer Camp
This family business is based in Made, in Brabant, and managed by the brothers Dirk Pieter and Rochus van der Meer. In an 8.2-hectare greenhouse, both medium-sized vine tomatoes and plum vine tomatoes are grown. The brothers also run an organic cultivation site together.
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Lema Tomaten
LEMA Tomaten is a true Westland company; versatile, experienced and based in Naaldwijk. The company was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Rob van Marrewijk and Ruud Leerdam. This meticulously organised nursery grows tasty cocktail vine tomatoes on 5.5 hectares.
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Noordermeer B.V.
Kwekerij Noordermeer originally started out as a family business in Vierpolders, in the province of South Holland. In 2012, a second location was added in nearby Hellevoetsluis. Tasty cocktail tomatoes of the highest possible quality are now grown on a total of eight hectares.
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Red Harvest
These entrepreneurs have had a taste for tomatoes for 30 years. Red Harvest is a production company that grows different types of tomatoes, with branches in De Lier (South Holland) and Middenmeer (North Holland). At Red Harvest, efficiency and quality go hand in hand.
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Roots
This modern, 26-hectare tomato nursery was created following a merger of two family businesses. The Van der Knaap family from Honselersdijk and the Oussoren family from Zevenhuizen, both in the province of South Holland, have a history that dates back to the middle of the previous century. In other words, this horticultural company is genuinely built on family culture.
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Schenkeveld
The family-owned business Schenkeveld is growing and currently has five sites in the Netherlands. New construction is underway in Rijsenhout and they already have cultivation sites in Westland and Midden-Delfland. For Schenkeveld, great performance and an eye for every detail are part of the process. They want to achieve the best results with as few raw materials as possible.
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Solyco
This modern tomato nursery with branches in Bergschenhoek, Bleiswijk and Berkel en Rodenrijs covers 17 hectares of greenhouse space. Grower Gertjan van der Spek's mission is to cultivate tasty tomatoes for consumers all around Europe. Several tomato varieties are produced; in winter this is done with the help of grow lights.
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Greenway
The Valley was created from a merger between nurseries GreenValley, Greenway, Van den Berg and Van der Voort. Four companies and three families that are even stronger together. On an area of 50 hectares in total, spread across De Lier, Vierpolders and 's-Gravenzande, from 2023 onwards, optimal use will be made of scale and cooperation.
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Gebr. Vollebregt
The 5.3-hectare nursery of Sjoerd Vollebregt has been located in Poeldijk, in the heart of Dutch greenhouse horticulture, for more than ten years now. Five permanent and four seasonal workers have been working together for a long time in an informal atmosphere.
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Gebr. Zwinkels
Gebr. Zwinkels is a third-generation family business that has its origins in the Dutch town Honselersdijk. The management now consists of Robert, Ed and Vasco. All three are currently responsible for the two production sites in the province of South Holland: one in De Lier and the other in Zevenhuizen.