Take This Chance
Family owned businesses play a leading role in realizing innovations which make agribusiness more safe, productive and resilient.
Climate change, drought, population growth; the changing world is an enormous challenge for agriculture and horticulture, especially in a very densely populated country such as The Netherlands.
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Inspired
By
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The world leading agri innovations
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Ownership best practices
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Practice your dike building skills
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A chef using the (Koppert) Cress in your amazing dinner
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Your peer- NxG’s
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Dutch entrepreneurial solutions
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Supping in de canals of Delft
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Your personal family business challenge (nearly) tackled
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Two vibrant and historic cities; Delft & Enkhuizen
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Test you competitiveness, racing in a greenhouse
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Sailing, eating & sleeping on a ship
Experience
Family Business - Owners Matter
In this journey you will visit 4 diverse family businesses in seeds, cresses & flowers, automated systems for cows and sustainable solutions for food and ornamental crops.
The chosen family businesses are a superb combination; all their products are highly innovative and used worldwide; some families in the process of succession and some in the transition phase of the new generation, big and small families; all have their own ownership challenges and solutions.
is a leading company in breeding, production and sales of vegetable seeds, with operations in more than 30 countries.
applying the world with automated systems for milking, feeding, housing and care taking of the cows.
has an assortment of freshly-sprouted seedlings (cresses) and other edible leaves and flowers from 100% natural aromatic plants supplying chefs worldwide.
helps growers worldwide to support, protect, and strengthen their crops with an integrated system of natural solutions.
Get Dutch-ified
In three days you will be Dutch-ified in food, social activities and traditions. Sneak peak:
A morning sup in the canals of Delft
Enkhuizen,
travel 100 years back into a traditional fisher village
Sailing, eating & sleeping on a ship
Your Personal Challenge
We guarantee the journey will inspire you to tackle your personal family business challenges. We will also use the 3 days as a pressure cooker. Together with your talented NxG participants and our Dutch entrepreneurial skills and problem solving structures and methods, we will help you with practical steps to new insights.
Wrap Up
The program is well organized, balanced (social & family visits), includes leisure-time and triggers your sportive self (a bit :-)).
At the end of the journey you will use the words borrelen and gezellig in every sentence, you will have plenty of energy left for the Summit and you can’t wait to do (even more) business with the Dutch.
Details
Monday 27th-Thursday May 30th
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Starting day: Monday May 27th afternoon
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Starting location: Enkhuizen Train Station (From Amsterdam Central train station there is a direct train) Airport: Amsterdam Schiphol or Rotterdam
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Cities: Enkhuizen & Delft
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3 Nights included. Accommodation: shared rooms (if you do want your own room, the extra costs are: €250 + VAT)
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Dress code: Wear comfortable casual clothes and shoes
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