In 1985, Eric Van den Eynde took over his parents’ tomato growing business. Fifteen years later, he decided to start...
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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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Vitaetom is a company with extensive experience passed down through generations. In 2017, the family business switched...
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Daniel de Schaetzen started a small fruit farm on 1 January 1992. Today, he cultivates Corina pears on 2 hectares of...
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Gert and Inge have been working as growers since 1995. They first cultivated tomatoes for nineteen years. After that...
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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.
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Koen and Nathalie run a small family farm in Beverst. They grow a variety of crops all year round.
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In 2006, Wim Bouden founded his sprout nursery, Kiem-X, in Deinze. With just three Belgian companies growing sprouting...
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Patrick Van Ingelgom has had a passion for chicory since childhood. His great-grandfather founded the business in 1922...
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Bert and Lowie specialise in growing chicory, potatoes and onions.
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In 2007, Gijs took over his parents' chicory business and named it 'Nature's Gold production'.
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The Bries-Tijskens family has been growing asparagus since 1986.
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Paul Van Hoof and his son Pieter grow runner beans and cauliflowers together.
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Johan and Karin Magnus both come from farming backgrounds. In 1983, the couple started a chicory farm in Brussegem...
