Maker Β· Neer, Limburg, along the N273 Β· Vegetables
De Waog
Fifty hectares of organic Limburgian soil, 40 to 50 crops per year and a sweet potato that's been there since 2014 on 12.5 hectares. Market garden De Waog grows Dutch vegetables there.
The story
Who's behind it
Market garden De Waog is in Neer, along the N273 in central Limburg. Joep van de Bool runs the business, the third generation on this land. His grandfather started a mixed farm after the war; his parents Wiel van de Bool and Trudelies Dorssers switched to organic in 1981. Joep joined in 2012 and expanded it to 50 hectares with 40 to 50 crops per year. Four permanent staff keep things running, supplemented by 10 to 15 seasonal workers in spring and summer. The produce goes through health food shops, supermarkets, restaurants and their own farm shop.
What they grow
De Waog deliberately grows a broad range of crops and keeps trying varieties that are rarely grown in the Netherlands. The clearest example is the sweet potato: it's been there since 2014 and now covers 12.5 hectares. To harvest it on Limburg soil, De Waog worked with a Danish manufacturer to develop their own harvester. Alongside sweet potato, courgette, chard, pumpkin in several varieties, watermelon and yacon are part of the rotation, with leafy crops, cabbage, onions and leeks as the base. Cover crops like grains and clover keep the soil in shape. Everything is grown organically, with soil health as the starting point.
In your kitchen
You get Dutch organic vegetables from one grower in one village, grown in a way you can explain to guests. The pumpkin varieties Crown Prince, Ushiki Kuri, green Hokkaido and Sweet Dumpling give you four flavours and textures. The orange and purple sweet potatoes play off each other in colour and sweetness. De Waog grows close to home, so the harvest reaches you quickly. The range shifts each month: ask what's in the field now and put the name and village on the menu.
Chefβs tip
The orange sweet potato is your workhorse for puree, fries and oven. The purple variety holds its colour with short, hot cooking: roast high and fast and the plate stays violet.
For your menu
βOrganic vegetables from market garden De Waog in Neer (Limburg): 50 hectares, 40 to 50 crops, sweet potato from their land since 2014.β
Products from De Waog
What we carry from this maker
Pompoen Hokkaido groen Bio
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