Kennis & innovatie

Call for farmers and horticulturists to participate in LTO campaign 'For our land'

LTO is launching the Prinsjesdag campaign #vooronsland on 2 September.

Award seeks sustainability pioneers with guts

The international Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award is looking for a sustainability pioneer for the third time.

Omega-3 rich meat from Farmer Ruud and DSM

Ruud van Dijck of Boer Ruud is working with DSM Animal Nutrition to make sustainability, animal welfare and healthy food pivotal to his distinctive character.

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KOERS: new voucher scheme for South Limburg SMEs

The corona crisis is a major challenge for entrepreneurial Netherlands.

Arable farmers expect to apply more precision agriculture in the near future

A survey conducted by Rabobank shows that 64 percent of Dutch arable farmers expect to apply one or more precision farming techniques within the next five years.

Third round of BL.INC open for submissions

The third round of BL.INC is starting. Are you the innovative entrepreneur with a good idea for healthy and safe food, agriculture or biocircular economy?

These Limburg food innovators are in the 2020 Food100

For the fourth year in a row, Food100 has published the list of the most important food changers in the Netherlands.This year there are twice as many Limburgers o

Tomato grower Geurts opts for CO2 neutral growing

Eric and Marianne Geurts grow their tasty vine tomatoes on an area of 35,000 m2 in Oirlo.

Collaboration brings exotic sweet potato to Limburg soil

In the battle for healthier food, the sweet potato is gaining ground on the regular potato.

Get Bike Service is growing explosively

LIOF has been involved in Get Bike Service as a minority shareholder since its establishment in 2018. And...

Potato growers share experience with precision agriculture

Since 2018, a group of potato growers has been experimenting with variable haulm killing to reduce pesticide use.

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I Will Award for Heerlen start-up Blockheating

Six promising finalists competed for the 'I Will Award 2020' of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

Healthy food from the Mega Microwave

Sudryso Group in Heijen receives a grant of 50 thousand euros from the Innovation Fund for the development of the 'Mega Magnetron'.

Limburg-based entrepreneurial platform Kiempunt Korte Ketens sets growth acceleration in motion

Kiempunt Korte Keten is using a growth accelerator to empower farmers and growers to serve their customers themselves, or with the help of like-minded people, by

Agrofood sector innovates with help from Limburg students

Because of Corona, the 2th edition of GROW was cancelled this year.

Experiment: growing blueberries under a roof of solar panels

Blueberry grower Wouter Aerts from Broekhuizen came up with an innovation to protect his plants against extreme weather conditions and generate energy at the same