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De Witte Beek is a small scale (1,5 ha) 'Community Shared Agriculture’ organic vegetable farm in Bierbeek, Belgium, providing an very diverse, year-round selection of vegetables. Tomatoes are clearly the most popular crop among our members and every year we love exploring their diversity, setting each year nearly 40 different varieties.

"Our farming practices may be radical but they have resulted in our farm being one of the highest production farms per square foot in the country.

The Qlipr crop clamping system has more than achieved its position in cucumber cultivation; More than 12 million stainless steel Qlipr clips have already been sold worldwide. However, the system also offers potential for tomato cultivation: the results at a farm in Southern Germany are extremely positive. "There are countless advantages. The system helps to reduce our CO2 footprint and there is more light in the greenhouse. We also expect to save on labour in the long term."

Pellikaan Gewasklemsystemen develops smart applications for the cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers. The systems can now be applied to an even wider range of crops in both high-tech and low-tech horticulture. A good reason for an interview with Cor Pellikaan.

The photo above clearly shows how much plastic is entangled in the compost.

Cor Pellikaan, the founder of Pellikaan, was born and raised in the Westland region, which is the centre of the national and international horticulture sector. As he started his working career in the famous greenhouses of this area, the cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers held no secrets for him. Therefore, when he started his own agricultural contractor company in 1985 at the age of 18, he knew precisely what to look for in order to achieve his aim of realizing a more effective and profitable workflow ‘under glass’, with the result that he quickly developed a mission that would create the most efficient cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers