‘THE QUALITY OF THE CARROTS DETERMINES THE CAPACITY OF THE PROCESSING LINE’ IN 2018 BREIDDE VAN WOERDEN IN 2018,UIT VAN WOERDEN FLEVO FLEVO MET EEN EIGEN EXPANDED ITS OPERATION, BIOWORTELSPOELERIJ MET ADDING AN ORGANIC CARROT RINSINGNIEUWE PLANT HYDROKOELER. HET BRACHT AND HYDROCOOLER. THAT WAS KANSEN MET ZICH MEE. ‘MAAR’,GOOD ZEGT FOR BUSINESS, SAYS STEFAN VAN STEFAN VAN WOERDEN MET INTUSSEN WOERDEN. BUT WITH A FEWOP YEARS EEN PAAR JAAR ERVARING ZAK, OF HE NOW KNOWS: ‘JE EXPERIENCE DOET DIT ER NIET ZOMAAR “YOU DON’TBIJ.’ JUST DO THIS AS A EVENTJES SIDELINE.”
Stefan’s parents took over the family farm in 1988 from his grandparents, who started the business when they moved to the Flevopolder in the early 1960s. In 1994, the Van Woerdens made the switch to organic growing. They grew many different crops, but carrots didn’t become part of their operation until the beginning of this century. Carrots arrived together with Stefan himself, who had just finished school and started working in his parents’ company.
Anthoinet and Stefan van Woerden
After adding a shed for onsite storage, the Van Woerdens expanded their acreage of carrots. The farm’s other crops were mainly onions and potatoes. It was a strong, healthy, specialized business when Stefan and his partner Anthoinet took the reins from his parents in 2017. The third generation, full of fresh ideas and ambitions, >>
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