NL: International Open Day Organicseeds.nl

On Wednesday, the 5th of November, 2008, the International Open Day Organicseeds.nl is to take place in Tollebeek (The Netherlands), with organic farmers and organisations as invited guests. Prominent Dutch nurseries and traders will present varieties of different crops from organic cultivation. A workshop will be held with the theme: ‘The development of demand for organic propagating material in Europe and supply from the Netherlands.’ The open day takes place in the context of the production and sale of organic propagating material pilot project and is co-financed by the SNN (collaboration body of the Northern Netherlands), EZ/Kompas and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, UILN-N.

Program:      
                          
13:30 h Exhibition of organic seeds, plants and seedlings
14:00 h Welcome by Ing. A. Buizer, Buizer Advies
14:10 h Ir. G. Heselmans, C. Meijer BV: The breeding of potatoes for the organic market
14:30 h Ir. J. Vergroesen, Agrico / Bioselect: How the Dutch nurseries and traders respond to the growing international demand for organic potatoes
14:50 h Pause (with coffee and tea)
15:10 h Ir. M. Vrensen, Vitalis: Organic Seeds - organic vegetable seeds focused on Europe organic market
15:30 h Ing. M. Vandewall, Fleuren BV: Netherlands as a nursery for organic fruit trees in Europe
15:50 h Forum discussion
16:15 h Exhibition of organic seeds, plants and seedlings
18:00 h End

The speeches are in English. Admission is free. Registration is required via the contact page of www.organicseeds.nl or by phone: 0031 582 990 530

www.organicseeds.nl