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North Sea – here we come! Travel expert Tamina Kallert and top chef Björn Freitag enjoy culinary delights and holiday fun on the Dutch coast. A tour around the Wadden Sea island of Texel: whether it’s a windmill, harbor, dune landscape, or lighthouse – Tamina and Björn won’t miss a single island highlight. Here is…

Last weekend, we attended the trade fair for Texel products at Hotel Opduin in De Koog. With pride, we presented our seaweed and World Heritage products, including saline Waddengoud potatoes, organic Van de Wadden saline potatoes, and our unique seaweed fertilizer for crops. We enthusiastically shared the benefits of seaweed: sustainable, flavorful, and innovative. The…

Fun and Educational Outing on Texel: Zilte Proeverij We regularly take a day trip to Texel to go cycling. With the bike on the ferry, crossing over to the island. It feels like a real vacation, and it’s so close. Some areas of the island can be busy, but outside the villages, you can enjoy…

Pioneer in Organic and Saline Agriculture Awarded Knighthood He is considered a pioneer in biodynamic agriculture and has spent many years advocating for saline agriculture both domestically and internationally. Marc van Rijsselberghe’s work was honored with a Royal decoration on Friday morning. He was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. This occurred in the…

The Wadden region is experiencing a slowly increasing salinization. The objective of the project Zeker Zilt is to organize and determine the basic conditions for the cultivation, independent certification, processing and marketing of potatoes and carrots on saline soil. With the additional distinguishing factor that natural seaweed fertilizer is used during cultivation. Seaweed contains more…

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De voedselmakers Op Texel „vermoordt” Marc van Rijsselberghe uiteenlopende gewassen, in de hoop dat een enkeling de zilte bodem overleeft. Hij werd wereldberoemd met zijn zilte aardappel. ‘Welkom in de boet. Je bent niet de eerste, er komen ongeveer vijftig filmploegen per jaar. Ik had een wedstrijdje met Dorian, wie komt er het meest op…

Case studie – Marketing for alternave crops Salt Tolerant potatoes Products that are cultivated in salt affected agriculture grounds such Salt-tolerant potatoes are in a very nascent stage of market penetration. There is very limited knowledge in the market on how to promote products such products. Salt Farm Foundation is one of the very few…

The Waddenfonds is providing more than € 2.5 million in funding for four new projects in the fields of aquaculture and cultural heritage. This contribution will make possible a total investment of € 3.7 million in the Wadden area. The Wadden Fund aims to develop and further scale up the cultivation of saline agricultural and…

Climate change and sea level rise cause saltwater to intrude in farmlands. Experts are looking for solutions that prevent the loss of food production capability where saline farming could very well be the solution. From 10-13 September the Saline Futures Conference will take place in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands to put the potential of saline farming…