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The growers, farmers and fishers behind your fresh produce. Every story links through to the products in the portal.
Local stories
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As much as possible from our own soil.
't Smallert
Spring water Kroondomein · Trout and arctic char · Fresh, max 3-4 days
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Al Shahbaa
Grills without melting · Aleppo recipe, Leusden milk · Made fresh daily
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Apostels
Greek yogurt strained, not thickened
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Arenosa
Organic · Forgotten vegetables · Flevopolder, Lelystad
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Bakkerij MAMA
Sourdough · Three ingredients · Stone-milled flour
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Beekers Berries
Made, North Brabant · Soft fruit, focus on strawberries · Sonata and specialties
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Beemster Garlic
Dutch cultivation · Beemster clay · 7-year crop rotation
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Beemsterlant's Varken
Beemsterpolder · Straw-raised · Cono whey
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Belorta
Cooperative · Auction · Belgian vegetables and fruit
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BerryBrothers
Family cultivation since 1998 · Year-round red berries · Fresh from the field
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Biltse Boer
De Bilt-Zuid · Own cattle · Yoghurt in glass
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Organic Onions from Piet van Andel
Zeewolde, Flevoland · Organic · Yellow and red onions
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Bonemasters
100% natural · Bone-based · Long cooking time
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Botman broccoli
Oostwoud, West-Friesland · Full ground · Weekly harvest
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Brandwijk Holland
dried pulses with character
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Broersen spinach
open field from Westfrisian clay
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Broodheeren
sourdough from Raamsdonksveer, made to the chef's requirements
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Bruin polderpeen
carrot with character from Dirkshoorn
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Buitengewone Varkens
Raised and born outdoors · Berkshire, Bonte Bentheimer, Duroc · Whole animal processed
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Buysman Kruiden
In pots, roots intact · Fourth generation · Andijk, North Holland
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Wagner Choucroute
raw fermented sauerkraut from Alsace
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Creekstone Farms
100% Black Angus · Kansas, USA · USDA Prime & Choice
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Cresco
Honselersdijk, Westland · Cresses & microgreens · Fourth generation Prins
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De Jong
Radish from Monster
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De Waog
Organic · 50 hectares · 40 to 50 crops
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De Zoete Pieper
Dutch cultivation · West Brabant, Lage Zwaluwe · Orange, purple and white
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Dekker
crumbly Eigenheimer potato from Vroomshoop
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Dutch Wasabi
Dutch-grown · Fresh rhizome · Approximately 2 years to harvest
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Dutch Yellowtail
kingfish from home, from Zeeland
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Eko Shii-take
Organic (SKAL) · Overloon, North Brabant · Since 1998
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El Dulze
Roman lettuce from the heart of Murcia
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Elenbaas Zeegroenten
Salt-marsh vegetables · Zeeland · Wild-harvested and greenhouse
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Eminent
Poeldijk, Westland · Own breeding · Kumato
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Erik Vork
Urban cultivation · Amsterdam West · Winter crop
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Farm Fields
Pasture veal and EKO lamb from the Veluwe
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Fermi
Dutch umami from the fermentation chamber
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Fine Fleur
Butterhead lettuce · Gits, West Flanders · Greenhouse cultivation 7,500 m²
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Fino Fresco
Italian greens available year-round from the field
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Frank de Koning
Demeter vegetables from open field
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Frankenland
Sour cream 24% · Crème fraîche · Franconia region
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Fresh Valley
Snack cucumber · North Brabant · CO2 from water treatment
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FrietHoes
fresh fries that come from Haarlem day-fresh
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Gebroeders Jansen
Leek with craftsmanship through all seasons
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Vegetables from Josse and Thias
Circular · Full ground · No artificial fertilizer
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Harvest House
Dutch flavour tomato at scale
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Hekos
Broek op Langedijk · Family business · BRC-certified
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Holtkamp Horeca
Fresh ragout · Hand-shaped · For hospitality only
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Hoogendijk winter carrot from Wieringerwerf
Wieringermeer · Fertile clay · Approximately 40 hectares of carrot
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Jan Kruijsse
Oosterschelde, Yerseke · Wild-cut · 120+ varieties
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Jan van Rijn
sprouts with character from Woubrugge
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Kaasfort Amsterdam
Affineur · Fort from 1903 · Nine aging cellars
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Kelderman
Since 1975 · Schoten, Belgium · 35% North Sea shrimp
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Klein Olden Aller
Organic (SKAL) · Oldenaller Estate, Putten · 120 cows
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Klootwijk
Raamsdonk, North Brabant · 350+ varieties per year · Unheated greenhouse, 2.5 ha
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Royal Schmidt Zeevis
Since 1916 · Royal warrant · Over 130 fish species
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Koppert Cress
Westland, Monster · Since 2002 under Rob Baan · 30+ cresses
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Kramer
South-Scharwoude · Since 1890 · Fifth generation
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Kroon
Frieslander · Very early variety · Dual-purpose: cooking and fries
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Kwekerij Ron
Vinkeveen, Utrecht · Edible flowers · Asian vegetables
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Kwekerij Sjerps
Organic · Wijdenes, North Holland · Small fruit and edible flowers
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Kwekerij Wim Peters
Someren, Brabant · 31 hectares · Year-round
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La Cordobesa
Spanish recipes · Chorizo & salami · 100% beef variant
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La Palma
Seasonal exotics · Passion fruit · Importer and specialist
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Laban
Plant-based · For bakery and hospitality · About 50% lower than dairy butter
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Livar
3-star Better Life · Monastery pig · 8 to 10 months
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Local Harvest
local taste makers with character
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Looye
Honey tomato · Piccolo cherry · Full LED
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Louf
neighborhood bakery from Amsterdam that fills your oven with sourdough
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Mathildes Kaas
Blaarkop milk · Organic · Lactic-set
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Medsun
sun-dried tomatoes with flavour concentration
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Menso Tijssen
Altforst, Land of Maas and Waal · Apples and pears · Own cold storage, year-round
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Minos feta
PDO / Protected Origin · Sheep and goat · Stays whole when heated
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Mouneyrac Frères
Since 1928 · French family business · Marché de Rungis
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Muileboom
Open ground · Waarland, North Holland · Storage cabbage
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Mul
Red-and-white · Calf with the cow · Organic
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Nice to Meat
Dry aged · Dutch dual-purpose · 14 to 21 days
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Olives&More
Olives and Mediterranean products · Direct from the farmer · Hand-picked
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Oostdam
Groene Hart · In-house mini dairy · Processed within the hour
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Opperdoezer Ronde from Cees
PDO · Opperdoes, North Holland · Waxy
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Oranjehoen
the chicken that eats no soy yet still has orange meat
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Ouderkerks Blond
Blonde d'Aquitaine · One farm · Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
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Oudwijker
Italian-style cheese from Dutch milk
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Pajottenlander
Since 1987 · Pepingen, Pajottenland · BE-BIO-02
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Paul Pronk
West Frisian marine clay · Five colours of winter carrot · Colourful beets
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Pic Vert
Open ground · Young harvest · Precision growing
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Piet van den Berg
Old Dutch breed · Dual-purpose: milk and meat · Mature cow meat
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Pieter van Meel
Since 1984 · Family business, second generation · Dutch seasonal game
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Ponthier
Since 1946 · Objat, Corrèze · 60+ flavours
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Prince de Bretagne
Grower cooperative · 1,700 growers · Coastal climate
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Prins & Dingemanse
Yerseke, Zeeland · Since 1880 · Royal warrant
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Puur Aroma
Organic (EKO) · Over 80 varieties · Living in pots
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Pure Vegetables by Han and Saskia Lammers
Water cultivation · Around 180 types · Daily fresh cut
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Q&Me cucumbers
Dutch greenhouse · High dry-matter content · Edible dark green skin
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Renkema Cheese
Since 1987 · Own aging · Own nut roastery
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Roemburg Eggs and Dairy
Fresh eggs · Dairy · Nijkerk
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Smoking Smokehouse
Cold-smoked at max 7°C · 48 hours in smoke · Dry aged vegetable and fruit
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Romina
Flavor vinegars · 34 flavors · 250 ml bottles
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Rozendaal
Organic · Hoeksche clay · Grass-clover rotation
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Seafarm
Farmed turbot · Zeeuwish oysters and shellfish · Salt spring water from 70 meters deep
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Slagerij Louman
Since 1892 · Jordaan, Amsterdam · Five generations Louman
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Slagerij Spijkerman
Frisian charcuterie from Akkrum
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Slagerij van Broekhuizen
16x NL champion · 6x European champion · ~30 cured sausages
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Slagerij Wout van de Veen
Veluwe game from hunters in the area
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Slagter
cauliflower from Andijk
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Smits onions
Sliced onion · Dutch onions · 11 days fresh
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Spruit Chicory Farm
chicory and red chicory from Nibbixwoud
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Streekvis and the Betuwe char
Arctic charr · RAS farm, 98% recycled water · Green on the Fish Guide
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Teboza
asparagus from Will Teeuwen in Limburg
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Ted Vaalburg
Schermer polder · Year-round available · Sea clay soil
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The Matcha League
Latte grade · Organic · From Japan
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Tuinderij Boender
Open ground · Hoeksche Waard · Daily harvested
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Umami Family Foods
Liguria · black garlic · black lemon
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Van de Koe
20 hours cultured · Cultured butter 82% fat · Weide Weelde milk
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Van der Burg
sprouts and potatoes with character from the Schermer
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Van Vugt Herbs
Ridderkerk · Own cultivation · Year-round
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Violetti
a cabbage that makes you look twice
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Voedselbos Amersfoort
6,000 m² food forest · Biodiverse, multi-layered · Wild harvest & exclusives
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VOL5
plant-based jus that performs like a jus de veau
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Weydeland
North Holland pasture cheese across the full aging range
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Wim Bijma
Osdorperweg, Amsterdam · Forgotten vegetables and herbs · Harvested to order
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Care Farm Beversoord
Organic · Demeter and EKO · Hoeksche Waard
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Zwaanheuvelhoeve
Organic · 3-star Better Life · Local eggs
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Zwinkels
courgettes from 's-Gravenzande
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