Kennis & innovatie

Tasty and healthy smoothies for everyone

Only 5 percent of Dutch people eat enough fruits and vegetables per day. This shortage can lead...

11

Jan

Mushroom grower Sikes from Ysselsteyn embraces the concept of recycling

Nearly two years ago, the ground was broken at the mushroom farm of Gerard Sikes in Ysselsteyn for the construction of a biomass power station and mushroom drying

04

Jan

Hubert Mackus: "Together we get further"

In a letter, deputy Huber Mackus shares the first plans for 2021 to lead the Agriculture & Agrofood sector in Limburg to a future in which economic prosperity

The new cultivation: beyond the gut feeling

Cucumbers, tomatoes, blueberries, mushrooms and ornamental horticulture: where innovation is cultivated, data is collected.

21

Dec

Sprouts Annual Review 2020

The corona crisis turned last year on its head, but Limburg entrepreneurs in the agrofood sector turned out to have undiminished innovation power.

Rotaid sets high stakes to save lives

Rotaid AED Cabinets develops storage cabinets for Automated External Defibrillators (AED) These...

17

Dec

Help research farm sales

Student Stan Breukers is doing research on behalf of the LLTB into farm sales in Limburg.

Arion conquers baby wipes market

Arion has been providing innovative medical devices for primary care since 1994. The products are...

16

Dec

Innoveins Seed Solutions first occupant of new Brightlands campus building

Innoveins Seed Solutions is the first occupant of Brightworks, the new campus building of Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo.

SLEM makes South Netherlands logistics smarter

SLEM aims to make the Southern Netherlands logistics sector more innovative.

14

Dec

Fruit tree nursery Fleuren innovates: from cutting tree to carbon sequestration

Fruit tree nursery Fleuren from Baarlo has existed for almost one hundred years.

07

Dec

Launch of the Limburg Futureproof Programme

The new program LimburgToekomstbestendig helps innovative startups, scale-ups and SMEs to develop their smart, sustainable and healthy concepts.

07

Dec

HAS active in 'Transition to a sustainable food system' program

HAS University of Applied Sciences will play an active role in a new research program called "Transition to a Sustainable Food System.

01

Dec

Horst gets high-tech research site for soft fruit

Kennisinstituut Delphy has started the construction of a high-tech horticultural greenhouse on Aardbeienland in Horst.

30

Nov

Smarter growing starts with conscious choice

Arvalis and LLTB engaged students from HAS University of Applied Sciences to investigate which new crops could be considered as smart replacements for conventiona

Picking blueberries 50 times faster

Fine Field developed a harvesting robot in 2019 and this year the first examples were put into use by growers.