Animals

A general principle of organic farming is that every living organism should be held in high regard: from the tiniest micro-organism living in the soil to the mightiest tree towering above it. For this reason, every link in the organic food supply chain is geared towards maintaining and, wherever possible, increasing the diversity of plants and animals.

Furthermore, when the term biodiversity is used in organic farming, it doesn’t just mean more plants and animals, but also that more of the plants and animals native to a particular area grow in a natural way. Particular emphasis is also given to the preservation of native and endangered species of animals and plants.

 Growers such as Gerard, Hans, Harrie, William, Henri en Harmen help improve the biodiversity on their land by not mowing certain parts of the orchards, hanging up special bird and insect houses , digging ponds etc.

Henri " We try to help build favourable conditions for natural predators (of harmful insects) to live”

William "We have a lot of birds of prey (also due to our special “kestrel penthouses !, furthermore, we have a stork nest and bats fly by at night around the barn. We have a great pond where a lot of happy frogs reside”