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Hi,I'm Math Kersten and I grow organic chicory for Nature & More in the Netherlands. Thank you for buying my vegetables, I hope you'll enjoy them!

Our farm is located in the south east of The Netherlands near the village of Sevenum. I have lived on this farm for all my life (I am now 57 years old) and have seen it develop and change over time.  When my father started, we had a typical mixed farm with arable land and livestock. In 1980 we were one of the first farms to start specializing in chicory production and today, more than 30 years on we are still producing this delicious and very special vegetable. In 2010 we received our organic certifcation.

Our farm is also a care farm, for people with special needs. The care activities can be split into two main groups.  Firstly, we have a group of young people with a handicap who help us out with all our chicory activities and work around the farm. My wife Toos is supervising this group. The second group are our elder guests who come to the farm as a day activity. This is run by my daughter Eefje. Apart from chicory production we have quite a few farm animals; our guests love to work with the animals and treat them like royalty!


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Avatar Posted by Melissa Jacobs Vermont, U.S.A. at Jan 25, 2011 09:11 PM

We are an organic vegetable farm in the Northeast of the US. We serve 350+ families with our CSA/box scheme along with a successful wholesale market. We will be rebuildng our processing, washing, packing, and cooler facilities and would like to integrate an endive growing room.

We will be traveling to holland by the end of this week and would like to organize a tour of your facility. Let me know how to better contact you and we can keep in touch.

Thanks,

Melissa Jacobs
petesgreens.com



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