Young growers drive greenhouse expansion in the Netherlands despite energy uncertainty
Source: HD.com
As we provide the news for free, we are relying on revenues from our banners. Young growers drive greenhouse expansion in the Netherlands despite energy uncertainty In the Dutch greenhouse region of Plukmade, located between Geertruidenberg and Made in the province of North Brabant, a plot of land that long housed a pig farm and arable crops has now been earmarked for greenhouse construction.
It was one of the last remaining pieces of agricultural land in the area not yet converted to protected cultivation. Bos Kwekerijen is building a new greenhouse on the site, bringing the company's total area to 18.5 hectares.
Grower Remco Bos was interviewed at the nursery of fellow grower Jordy van der Lans, who cultivates pointed peppers across 2.6 hectares. Both Bos and Van der Lans are young entrepreneurs in the process of taking over, or having recently taken over, their family businesses in Plukmade.
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