This week, the company from Uden started harvesting the new summer leek crop from a cultivation area of more than 200 hectares. "The new harvest is good quality and we have not encountered any shoot problems. There is, however, very warm weather ahead, so we must be aware of how things develop", says Gijs.
It is not essential for Van den Elzen to be the first on the market with new leeks. "We want to begin and end the season with good leeks with nice thick shafts. That is more important than starting early because then there are less poor quality stored leeks."
Van den Elzen Groenteverwerking
Duifhuizerweg 21
5406 TB Uden
Tel: +31(0)413-782 999
Mob: +31(0)6-27050202
info@elzengroentenverwerking.nl
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