Kennis & innovatie

Brightlands Limburg companies win spot in European Venture Contest

The three Brightlands Limburg companies Grassa, Vertoro and Hy2care have won a place in the European Venture Contest in Düsseldorf with their pitches last week.

Limburg opens Young Farmers grant 2018

The Province of Limburg will open the Young Farmers Grant (JOLA) from December 3, 2018 to February 8, 2019.

CO2 tax as incentive for sustainability

The VEK levy has been proposed in the Lower House, a tax on CO2 emissions for companies.

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Possible experiments with CRISPR-Cas in the Netherlands after all

In the coming weeks, Minister of Agriculture Schouten will send a letter to the Lower House in which she advocates experimenting with CRISPR-Cas.

BASF opens global breeding center in Nunhem

BASF recently opened a new advanced breeding center for cucumbers in Nunhem.

Revolutionizing the food system thanks to Blockchain

Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize our current food system and offers potential for large and small players in agri-food, throughout the chain.

Job opportunities in pig farming and greenhouse farming greatest

The continuing economic growth is increasingly causing personnel shortages. This is also the case in the North Limburg agrofood and green sector.

Brightlands Agrifood Ventures fund grows to 20 million euros

Brightlands Agrifood Ventures has increased its first fund for Limburg startups in the agriculture and food sector by 3 million euros to over 20 million euros.

Fruits and vegetables as medicine?

Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo, foundation vers+ together with the HAS University of Applied Sciences, Avans University of Applied Sciences and Maastricht Uni

Fairer prices for agri-food products are the future

The economic bureau of ABN Amro predicts that environmental effects of food production will increasingly be passed on to the consumer in the coming years.

High time for an innovative approach to the tight labor market

At all levels we see shortages of personnel in the Limburg agrofood.

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ABN Amro: turnaround for robotization in food sector

Robots, big data, mechanics and artificial intelligence are all what's going on in the food sector right now.

Almost 7 tons of state money for FoodLab Limburg

FoodLab Limburg receives almost 7 tons of subsidy from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

3 Limburg food changers in Food100

Coenraad Reinders, pig farmer at Landgoed Heerdeberg, Thijs Rompelberg, co-owner at Groenhof Agro and board member of LLTB and Frank van Eerd, initiator of the Bi

Farming differently: opportunities for short chains and new revenue models

More than 80 entrepreneurs attended the meeting to jointly explore opportunities when it comes to short chains and new revenue models in agri-food.

Dutch Agri Food Week: a short photo and video report

From October 5 to 16, nearly 1,000 visitors visited the Brightlands Campus in Venlo during the Dutch Agri Food Week (DAFW) 2018.