Francis Swennen runs a fruit farm in Sint-Truiden. He has been growing cherries and apples there for 50 years, two...
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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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In Schalkhoven, near Bilzen-Hoeselt, Jan and An Lowet-Houben grow apples and pears. Jan grew up among the fruit trees...
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In the rural village of Vliermaal, you’ll find Eggertingen Fruit, where Roel Grommen and his partner have been growing...
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In the heart of Malderen, you’ll find the family business run by Marc Goossens and his sons, Dominiek and Vincent...
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Bert Broeders runs a family business where a love of fruit growing runs deep. His grandfather began growing fruit more...
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Since 1985, Rudi and Louisa have been building the family business. Today, Steven and Matthias continue that work with...
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Robert-Jan Vanmeer grows Conference pears in Sint-Truiden and Gingelom and took over the family business five years ago.
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De Seizoenshoeve is a small-scale vegetable farm that strongly focuses on short supply chains. Since 2020, they have...
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On the Zeeland island of Schouwen-Duiveland, Corné Stouten runs a cucumber farm. He is the fourth generation in the...
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Johan and Karin Magnus both come from farming backgrounds. In 1983, the couple started a chicory farm in Brussegem...
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“A pepper a day keeps the doctor away.” That’s the motto of Didier and Sabine Algoet, both passionate bell pepper...
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Paul Van Hoof and his son Pieter grow runner beans and cauliflowers together.
