YONA, Netherlands

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Hello, we are Jeroen & Annie from YONA

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Hi, we are Annie and Jeroen van Leeuwen and we grow organic vine tomatoes and cherry-roma tomatoes for Nature & More in the soutwest of the Netherlands. We also have organic peppers and string beans. Thank you for buying our produce, we hope you'll enjoy it!

Our business is located in the south west of The Netherlands near the beautiful and historic city of Bergen op Zoom and just next to the fascinating Brabantse Wal Nature Reserve. The reserve is best described as a sandy dune environment covered with lush forests. It is said that this region gets more sun and less rain than other regions in our country. This area is a popular spot for cycling, hiking and other outdoor activities.

In 1994 we moved to the area, built a greenhouse and started growing peppers (conventional). In 2008 we began converting to organic farming. This has been a great choice. We work closer to nature now. For example, we have 60 quails walking through our greenhouse, who are pecking the weeds from inbetween the crops.

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Tomatoes

Posted by Frank Parthier - Germany at Jul 31, 2011 03:33 PM

Hallo!
Ich achte im Handel auf Ihre Produkte und ziehe sie anderen vor.
Zudem empfehle ich Ihre Produkte weiter und weise auf
die Info-Möglichkeit im Internet hin. Schön, dass es Produzenten wie Sie gibt ;-)

Gruß aus Wolfsburg / Germany ...

- Frank Parthier -

Couple looking for work

Posted by Marta and Rob from Spain at Jul 17, 2011 04:06 PM

Hi,
We are a young spanish/english couple that have a small greenhouse business in the north-west of Spain. Things aren't going very well for us now and we would like to move to Holland for a while and work in the greenhouse industry, preferably organic growing,in order to gain some good experience in that area.
We wonder if you have any job going as greenhouse workers or know of any other growers in the area that might have.
We both love horticulture and are very willing to learn new techniques.
Thank you,
Marta and Rob