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Instead of highlighting a specific grower or product, we decided to focus on some delicious organic spring specialties that not only deserve some extra attention but also in some sense resemble Easter Eggs! Furthermore, all these products are grown in harmony with nature and in that sense can be seen as part of the solution instead of part of the problem. In that regard we would like to thank our customers for helping to grow the organic segment and contributing to a cleaner, greener planet.

The future of True Cost Accounting in Food, Farming and Finance

Vienna/Waddinxveen, 15 November 2018 – Yesterday organic produce specialist Eosta won the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) in Vienna. This prestigious prize is awarded by the European Commission that developed the competition in order to highlight companies that successfully combine innovation, competition, and sustainability. The pioneering work that Eosta has conducted in the field of True Cost Accounting certainly contributed to the reason that the Dutch company won the award, as was made clear by Gilles Gantelet, Director-General Environment of the European Commission.

Soup as a remedy for a cold, a smoothie to reinforce the immune system or a salad to support the liver – last weekend, 22 September 2018, the recipes by Dr. Goodfood were released to Dutch consumers. During the kick-off, dieticians provided recipes and information to shoppers in organic supermarkets to improve their health by eating fresh fruit and vegetables – the objective of the Dr. Goodfood campaign. The campaign is scheduled to be launched in Germany and other European countries later this season.

On 3 September, Eosta (also known by consumer mark Nature & More) will permanently relocate to a new and sustainable business property in Waddinxveen, which consists of a head office and distribution centre. The logistics department moved there earlier, in July. With its numerous sustainable and circular properties and spacious set-up, this CSR leader has realised a workplace that throws the door wide open to the up-and-coming new economy.

Day Zero is threatening Cape Town, New Delhi and, a few years from now, Europe. Organic agriculture is water smart and climate smart and is therefore a necessary solution for the increasingly long droughts. Volkert Engelsman and South-African grape grower Eddie Redelinghuys explain why.

Brussels/Waddinxveen, 3 July – Organic produce specialist Eosta is a proud finalist of the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE). This prestigious prize will be awarded by the European Commission in November 2018. The competition was set up to highlight companies that combine innovation, competition and sustainability successfully.

Last week Eosta landed a Sustainable Food Award for its ‘Natural Branding’ scheme, ahead of competition from Switzerland and the UK. Eosta has been applying Natural Branding laser marking on organic produce since 2016, in order to battle against environmental polluting plastic. So far Eosta has already saved 6.3 million plastic packaging units. Major retailers in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands have embraced the technique and continue to do so.

29 mei 2018, Waddinxveen - Gisteravond is in Nijmegen de Koning Willem I Plaquette voor Duurzaam Ondernemerschap uitgereikt aan biologische groente- en fruitspecialist Eosta, bij de Europese consument bekend onder consumentenmerk Nature & More. Koningin Máxima is erevoorzitter van de stichting die de prijs uitreikt. De inspanningen van Eosta op het gebied van True Cost Accounting speelden een belangrijke rol bij toekenning van de prijs, zo bleek uit de woorden van Klaas Knot, president van de Nederlandsche Bank en voorzitter van de prijs.

South Africa has approximately 650 table grape producers, almost all of which are conventional growers. More than 150 of them, or 20%, attended a conference on May 10th on the opportunities for organic grape cultivation in South Africa. The conference, held in Stellenbosch, was organized by Eosta, a leading European importer and distributor of organic fruit and vegetables. ‘With conventional cultivation you are increasingly running into problems,’ said grape grower Easton Marsh from Lushof. ‘Annual droughts are becoming extreme, and public resistance to pesticides is growing. Organic cultivation can offer some solutions.‘

Zuid-Afrika telt ongeveer 650 producenten van tafeldruiven, vrijwel allemaal gangbare telers. Meer dan 130 van hen, ofwel 20%, was op 10 mei  aanwezig bij een conferentie over de kansen voor biologische druiventeelt in Zuid-Afrika. De conferentie werd in Stellenbosch georganiseerd door de Nederlandse specialist in biologische groente en fruit  Eosta. “In de gangbare teelt lopen we tegen groeiende problemen op,” zei teler Easton Marsh van Lushof. “De jaarlijkse droogtes worden extreem, en de weerstand tegen bestrijdingsmiddelen groeit. De biologische teelt biedt oplossingen.”