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Texel – Island of Delight in the North Sea

March 20, 2025

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…

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Successful trade fair at Hotel Opduin

March 13, 2025

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…

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Discover the Salty Cuisine of Texel

December 30, 2024

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…

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Pioneer in organic and saline agriculture awarded knighthood

July 22, 2024

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 presence of his wife Geertje and their sons Adriaan…

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Seaweed as biostimulant under saline conditions

January 1, 2023

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…

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Growing a market for salty potatoes

October 29, 2022

read here everything you need to know about Growing a market for salty potatoes: Download the Powerpoint document here on the right –> Download the powerpoint!

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Eten van de zoute grond op Texel

October 29, 2022

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…

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Case study – Marketing for alternative crops Salt Tolerant potatoes

June 14, 2022

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…

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Waddenfonds funds new aquaculture project on Texel

March 31, 2021

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…

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Project Bonaire updates (summer 2020)

September 9, 2020

In this article, we bring you updates on our Bonaire project from Bonaire and Texel. Updates from Bonaire location Workshop ‘micro-credit in agriculture’ on Bonaire. There are many people on Bonaire who want to practice…

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