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Growers
From the sandy soils of the Kempen to the fertile loam of Haspengouw: more than 1,000 passionate BelOrta growers work every day to bring you the very best fruits and vegetables. Spread across Belgium and a part of the Netherlands, they grow with care, expertise, and love for their product. Curious about who’s behind your fresh harvest? Meet some of our growers below.
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Jos and Frieda Belmans originally grew tomatoes. In 1995, they switched to growing asparagus.
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Since 1990, they have specialised in growing peppers.
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Dirk and Els have been growing produce since 1987. Nowadays, their farm mainly focuses on different varieties of lettuce...
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The Lauwers brothers specialise in year-round cultivation of various potted herbs. They have grown into one of the...
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The Billens family has been growing pears, among other crops, since 1989.
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The Olbrechts family grows various types of tomatoes on a 4-hectare site in Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver.
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The Bertels family from Duffel grows both strawberries and tomatoes.
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Emiel and his brother Luc are proudly the fourth generation to run the family business. They specialise in growing lamb...
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Johnny Versonnen and Natascha Van Ostaeyen, owners of Jonaver in Vremde, launched their horticultural business in 1999...
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Vitaetom is a company with extensive experience passed down through generations. In 2017, the family business switched...
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In 1985, Eric Van den Eynde took over his parents’ tomato growing business. Fifteen years later, he decided to start...
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Bart and Elke grow a variety of delicious pepper varieties.
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In 2001, Kris and his wife Katrien took over an existing farm and named it Krikato, short for Kris-Katrien-Tomatoes.
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Growing is in the Van Den Eynde family’s blood — for five generations and counting.
