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Ghana, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Netherlands have one thing in common – Salt-affected soils which are not suitable for agriculture anymore. Read the article by Rabobank.com on how Marc van Rijsselberghe and Salt Farm Texel is trying to help rebuild these soils for agricultural use again. Read the full article here

South African collective Studio H has organised two ‘zero water’ evening dinners in Cape Town serving fruits and vegetables grown in fields irrigated with saline water. The initiative, known as S/Zout, features food products that emerge from a collaboration between Studio H and Salt Farm Texel, a Netherlands-based enterprise that grows salt-tolerant potatoes, carrots, onions,…

Entrepreneur Marc van Rijsselberghe is looking for funds for the Salt Farm Foundation in order to reduce food shortage. Marc has extensive experience in organic farming, and says saline agriculture is necessary as ‘98 percent of the water on this planet is salt’. Salinization is the gradual increase of salt in soil or water. This…

Dutch scientists have found a method for growing certain crops on salinized, non-arable farmland. This is truly an innovation since food production on salinized soil has always been considered impossible. It was discovered that specific varieties of potatoes, carrots, red onions, white cabbage and broccoli actually thrive when irrigated in a special way, with salt…

Deputy Head of Mission Ms Renate Pors and experts of Salt Farm Texel and MetaMeta, visit test fields of the National Agricultural Research Council in Islamabad. Colleagues Robin Konijn and Jan Bakker are investigating the potential of introducing salt resistant potatoes in Pakistan. The Embassy of the Netherlands is supporting us in our efforts to…

Salt Farm Texel was mentioned in the third edition of “Agrinnovation Magazine’, with its inspirational idea for the solutions for salty soils. Read the complete article below: