Greenhouse farming

The plans for the development of a zoning system for the envisaged greenhouse farming area are now at an advanced stage. The Environmental Impact Assessment procedure has entered its final stage and the necessary land is now being acquired. The first available location has already been taken up.

This gives farmers sufficient options for expansion in respect of the Westland. Other benefits include the fact that this is a coastal location with low disease levels, colder winters and cool summers. And of course sufficient light.
A big advantage of the completely new, connected area is that the zoning has been based on the latest approaches to blending into the landscape, the shape of the land plots, energy and logistics.
The Eemsmond location will provide sufficient space for a good 200 hectares of greenhouses (net) intended primarily for companies wanting a large-scale set-up. The land price is expected to vary between € 12 and € 18 per square metre.

The Eemsdelta region, of which Eemsmond forms a part, has a favourable climate for entrepreneurs. The land prices are highly affordable, there is an abundance of suitable manpower and the location of the municipality of Eemsmond offers attractive logistics benefits. More than 900 companies have now settled in the municipality. They include many companies in the green sector. The logistics sector is also strongly represented.
Future market farming workers are trained by organisations including the agrarian training centre (AOC) Terra. This college provides ‘green’ study programmes at lower secondary and intermediate vocational education level and has twelve establishments at locations including Winsum, Groningen and Eelde.

The future market farmers will also find in the nearby region a wide range of amenities that make life pleasant and enjoyable. The nearby towns of Roodeschool, Uithuizermeeden and Uithuizen have a wide range of educational facilities, shops, entertainment facilities, sports clubs and other leisure facilities. There is something for everyone to be found on the attractively priced housing market. And then there is the Wadden Sea. A unique nature area with fantastic flora and fauna at walking distance.
The benefits once again:
- Opportunities for (extremely) large-scale greenhouse farming operations
- Plentiful supply of manpower with the right level of education
- Outstanding (international) connections by road, water and rail (no road congestion)
- maximum flexibility for a good energy balance
- Extremely good technical growing facilities for greenhouse farming with lighting
- Favourable (coastal) climate with cooler summers and milder winters
- A good average lighting level
- Very good facilities for closed greenhouse principle
- Especially favourable options for vegetable growing
- Favourable land price

For more information see www.eemsdelta.nl and www.sagnn.nl (in Dutch)

Or contact:
The Province of Groningen:
Mr Arie Bakker
E-mail: a.bakker@provinciegroningen.nl
Telephone: 0031 50 316 49 03 / 06 15 06 82 17