A new communality
The basic principal of a communality is to carefully manage the territory so that the productive capacity of the land maintains
ConceptsSustainable Enterprise |
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A sustainable regional agriculture and food system
The challenge that we set ourselves is to design a regional agricultural system that is sustainable – not only in economic terms, but also in terms of socio-cultural and ecological values.
Agricentre
The establishment of a large-scale cluster of pig farming and other industries as glasshouse horticulture, with substance cycles being closed through cooperation.
Algae and oysters: draining sustainable profit
Cultivate algae on drain water from the greenhouse sector to grow oysters.
Antibiotics-free chains
How can the use of antibiotics in livestock farming be sharply reduced? What does an antibiotics-free farm look like? And what are the implications for the chain?
Bioport
The use of biomass as part of a ‘bio-based’ economy is becoming increasingly attractive. This concept is looking for ways in which the Netherlands can play a prominent part in that.
Climate-saving soil; Biochar underground CO2 storage
By increasing the OS content ( OS = organic substance) in the soil in a sustainable manner, we can achieve permanent underground CO2 storage.
Cowfortable
Cowfortable is the outcome of one of the innovation assignments that came out of Cowmunity, a project centring on the search for a socially and ethically responsible large-scale dairy farming sector.
Datagarden
By placing a data centre in a horticultural area, energy flows can be exchanged between the data centre and the greenhouse. Greenhouse operators can benefit from having a large electricity customer (5
Ecopyramid
Biomass, if sustainably produced, is seen as a key substitute for polluting and finite fossil fuels. But to live up to its reputation as ‘green gold’, it must be used to its full potential!
Fish at a premium
By 2025 the fishing sector will make optimal use of the potentially favourable market conditions: a large and growing demand for fish and a limited supply of sea fish.
Good-weather guarantee holiday park
The Netherlands is a major holiday destination, but even in summer fickle weather can put a damper on things.
Grassa!/Grass Refinery
Soy is the main ingredient in dairy cow fodder. Soy is relatively expensive, a major source of phosphate and nitrogen pollution, and increasingly genetically manipulated.
HipFood
This concept aims to deliver a product conducive to sparking a public debate about animal protein consumption and promoting the development of knowledge about designer food production.
InnoFisk
Fish farms as part of a closed system compliant with requirements in such areas as animal welfare and sustainability.
Logistics 2020
What is the optimum route for vegetables, flowers and pot plants from producer to consumer?
Marine Parks
The Marine Production Parks concept symbolizes the effort to achieve a multiple use of the space associated with aquatic production – sustainably and with combined functions if possible.
Maritime entrepreneurship
The motto is: from fisherman to multi-purpose maritime entrepreneur!
Market for manure
The manure problem continues to bedevil the Dutch pig farming sector. The current manure surplus is sold to arable farmers at a high cost.
Natural Dairy
It is important to develop new economic mainstays to fund the management and maintenance of nature reserves. This can be done through the production of exclusive food products
Finished concepts |
The challenge here is to make sustainable agricultural and rural development an objective sought by the market rather than a requirement imposed by the government.
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