Francis Swennen runs a fruit farm in Sint-Truiden. He has been growing cherries and apples there for 50 years, two...
From the sandy soils of the Kempen to the fertile loam of Haspengouw: more than 1,000 passionate BelOrta growers work every day to bring you the very best fruits and vegetables. Spread across Belgium and a part of the Netherlands, they grow with care, expertise, and love for their product. Curious about who’s behind your fresh harvest? Meet some of our growers below.
Francis Swennen runs a fruit farm in Sint-Truiden. He has been growing cherries and apples there for 50 years, two...
In Schalkhoven, near Bilzen-Hoeselt, Jan and An Lowet-Houben grow apples and pears. Jan grew up among the fruit trees...
In the rural village of Vliermaal, you’ll find Eggertingen Fruit, where Roel Grommen and his partner have been growing...
In the heart of Malderen, you’ll find the family business run by Marc Goossens and his sons, Dominiek and Vincent...
Bert Broeders runs a family business where a love of fruit growing runs deep. His grandfather began growing fruit more...
Since 1985, Rudi and Louisa have been building the family business. Today, Steven and Matthias continue that work with...
Robert-Jan Vanmeer grows Conference pears in Sint-Truiden and Gingelom and took over the family business five years ago.
Sempels Fruit is a family-run business based in Budingen, operated by Rudi Sempels, An Pieraerts, and, since 2025, also...
In Helmond, Raijlof, the company of Robert Raijmakers and his wife Karin, has been growing chicory since 1988 and later...
In Ell (Dutch Limburg), the family business Tuinderij Coolen BV has been growing cucumbers since 1965. Jack Coolen has...
Brugmans Asperges is a family story that has been running for more than 41 years. It began in 1985 with Caroline and...
De Seizoenshoeve is a small-scale vegetable farm that strongly focuses on short supply chains. Since 2020, they have...
On the Zeeland island of Schouwen-Duiveland, Corné Stouten runs a cucumber farm. He is the fourth generation in the...
Koen Hendrickx continues the family tradition as the fourth generation of chicory growers. Together with his family, he...
Johan and Karin Magnus both come from farming backgrounds. In 1983, the couple started a chicory farm in Brussegem...