Our Partners

Horticoop and its businesses cooperate intensively with various partners in the field of expertise development, lobbying and innovation, among others. We are proud to have the following businesses as our partners.

Partner overview Horticoop

AVAG Greenhouse Technology Center
AVAG is the ideal trade association in which Dutch companies work together in the field of integrated growing systems and components, plus associated service.
More information: www.avag.nl

Dutch Greenhouse Delta (DGD)
The demand for self-sufficient food production is growing globally. Promoting the Dutch horticultural industry all over the world, the objective of Dutch Greenhouse Delta is to contribute to the availability of sufficient affordable, safe and nutritious food. 
More information: www.dutchgreenhousedelta.com 

Horti Footprint Chain Program (HFCP)
The Horti Footprint Chain Program (HFCP) is a chain initiative committed to ensuring sustainability for the entire industry using the Horti Footprint. HFCP's aim is for each party within the horticultural chain to gain insight into their share of the CO₂ footprint of the final product, leading to a reduction of relevant emissions. 
More information: www.hortifootprint.nl

Nationale Coöperatieve Raad (NCR)
NCR is the association that safeguards the interests of cooperatives in the Netherlands. NCR is the platform where cooperatives get together and share knowledge to enable the strengthening of cooperative entrepreneurship in the Netherlands. 
More information: www.cooperatie.nl

Plant Empowerment
Quite often, nature itself can present solutions for sustainable cultivation that will yield optimal results. Plant Empowerment responds to that property, providing a unique cultivation method that uses an integrated approach to the sustainable growing of crops in greenhouses by supporting overall plant balance. 
More information: www.plantempowerment.com

StartLife
Co-founded by Wageningen University & Research, StartLife is a leading start-up accelerator in the food and agricultural industries. Since 2010, StartLife has encouraged, supported and funded more than 400 start-ups, propelling trail-blazing technologies in the domain of food and agriculture and making an impact that has resulted in a permanent legacy. More information: www.start-life.nl

World Horti Center 
World Horti Center is the knowledge & information centre of the international greenhouse horticultural industry. WHC is a unique partnership between education, research, the corporate world and authorities with a focus on the international sharing of expertise.
More information: www.worldhorticenter.nl

WUR, Club van 100
The Club van 100 forms part of WUR (Wageningen University & Research) and gives suppliers in the greenhouse-horticulture industry low-threshold access to the extensive expertise of its business segment Greenhouse Horticulture of WUR. It also means that suppliers contribute to the funding of applied strategic research in the Netherlands. More information: www.wur.nl