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De zeesla die gekweekt wordt bij de Petten aan de Mokweg op Texel kreeg eind 2022 de biologische certificering van Skal.

In december stond de Salt Farm Foundation en Blauwe Polder, ondersteunt door het Waddenfonds, als promotor van het project Zeker Zilt in de beurs in Leeuwarden. Het project Zeker Zilt onderzoekt toekomstige verdienmodellen voor boeren in Zilte omstandigheden. De opbrengt van een verzilte akker is lager, maar door zeewier te gebruiken kan door smaakverbetering een meerwaarde gecreëerd worden voor de boer. Marc van Rijsselberghe stond in Leeuwarden en had aardappels en wortelen meegenomen van het eiland, van de akkers van Henk en Joost Broekman. Dit waren niet zomaar aardappelen en wortelen, maar deze aardappelen en wortelen zijn bespoten met de unieke zeewiermeststof afkomstig van WaddenWier en BioFleurein. De geoogste aardappelen en wortelen zijn voor de oogst meerdere malen bespoten met deze bijzondere meststof. De gewonnen gewassen waren daar niet alleen voor het oog, maar werden ook geproefd door de gasten van de beurs. De officiële resultaten van de smaakpanel bestaande uit de gasten van de beurs moeten nog binnenkomen maar we durven voorzichtig te zeggen dat de zilte aardappelen bemest met zeewier verdacht zijn van grote smaakverschillen vergeleken met de niet bemeste aardappelen.

Intussen zijn er vanuit het project Zeker Zilt al 60.000 zakken zilte aardappelen geteeld met zeewierbemesting op Texel, bij de Jumbo verkrijgbaar. Zowel in de winkels als online. Lekker dat ze zijn! En omdat ze nieuw zijn kun je ze tot 1 november 2022 proberen voor slechts 1 euro per kilo...

De voedselmakers Op Texel „vermoordt” Marc van Rijsselberghe uiteenlopende gewassen, in de hoop dat een enkeling de zilte bodem overleeft. Hij werd wereldberoemd met zijn zilte aardappel.

Droogte draagt bij aan verzilting, doordat te weinig rivierwater de instroom uit zee terugdringt. Kunnen boeren overstappen op zilte landbouw? Pionier Marc van Rijsselberghe legt uit en laat proeven.

The work carried out by Salt Farm Texel is now being carried out by Salt Farm Foundation since mid-2019. Salt Farm Foundation carries out small scale research every year on Texel.

Does it appeal to you to work on projects that focus on innovative developments in saline agriculture? And do you want to contribute to improving living conditions of small holder farmers all over the world?

Delphy, Saline Farming and Nectaerra have started an agricultural project in Kenya since September 2018. With this project they offer a solution for a negative agricultural process that is often applied in Africa and leads to land degradation (erosion, salinisation and loss of biodiversity) and long-term decreases in crop yields.

Saline Farming, Lal Teer Seed Ltd and ICCO have signed a cooperation agreement to set up a training centre near Bagerhat, Bangladesh. This training facility will be used to test crops for salt tolerance and to show and develop agricultural techniques. The research results will be used for the project 'The Salt Solution' and possibly for follow-up research. The project directly involves 5000 and indirectly 25,000 small farmers.

Climate change, migration, devaluation of land are all consequences that have to be dealt with salinization. This increases the demand for development and practical knowledge about salinization worldwide. By combining more than 12 years of experience under the name ‘Saline-Farming’, our consultants can address these questions much better.

TEDxDenHelder - October 8, 2018: Marc Van Rijsselberghe talks about his work, his vision on solving world food and water problem. Saline agriculture as a solution.

(Persbericht, 12 november 2018 ) Afgelopen week is het artikel “An improved methodology to evaluate crop salt tolerance from field trials”, van de Nederlandse wetenschappers Prof. Dr. G. van Straten (Wageningen Universiteit), Prof. Dr. P. van Bodegom (Universiteit Leiden), Prof. Dr. J. Rozema (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Dr. A. de Vos (Salt Farm Texel) en Dr. B. Bruning (Salt Farm Texel, Salt Farm Foundation) gepubliceerd. Dit artikel, in opdracht van Salt Farm Foundation en Ministerie van Economische Zaken, gaat over een verbeterde methode om zouttolerante gewassen te identificeren en zo de zilte landbouw vooruit te helpen.

(Press release, 12 november 2018) Last week the article "An improved methodology to evaluate crop salt tolerance from field trials" by Dutch scientists Prof. dr. Dr. G. van Straten (Wageningen University), Prof. dr. Dr. P.M. van Bodegom (Leiden University), Prof. dr. Dr. J. Rozema (VU University Amsterdam), Dr. ir. A.C. de Vos (Salt Farm Texel) and Dr. B. Bruning (Salt Farm Texel, Salt Farm Foundation) was published. This article, made on request of Salt Farm Foundation and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, is about an improved method to identify salt-tolerant crops, and thus to advance saline farming.

On Saturday 6th of May 8 stagaires from different countries (Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Sudan and Yemen) visited Salt Farm Texel. One of the many excursions of the two-month FBLN training program in the field of flooding. This training program is part of a two-year internship program designed to develop young talent to become future leaders in FBLS (Flood Support Lifelong Learning Systems). Marc van Rijsselberghe gave a presentation about the Salt Farm Foundation and their activities and projects around the world. A tour was also conducted at the Salt Farm and Marc explained the current activities and future plans. The trainees had never heard of a salt farm and have gained many new insights and ideas.

Dutch scientists have found a method for growing certain crops on salinized, non-arable farmland. This is truly an innovation, since food production on salinized soil has always been considered impossible. It was discovered that specific varieties of potatoes, carrots, red onions, white cabbage and broccoli actually thrive when irrigated in a special way, with salt water at the roots.

Deputy Head of Mission Ms. Renate Pors and Dutch experts of Salt Farm Texel and MetaMeta visit test fields of the National Agricultural Research Council in Islamabad.

Great report of CBS News in the USA! They found 'creative thinking on climate change' at Salt Farm Texel and made this beautiful news report on our farm about it.

The magazine is funded by the European Commission. 'This third edition of ‘Agrinnovation’ magazine gives you a round-up of EIP-AGRI events, news and inspirational stories from the past year. You can read about the first Operational Groups that have started, new tools for exchanging knowledge, an update on EIP-AGRI Focus Groups, and innovative ideas from across Europe.'

Water management is one of the greatest challenges facing the agrifood sector today. Worldwide, less and less water per head of the population is going to be available for food production. In 2050 it will be a third of what it was in 1950. This is easy to explain, since in the same period the world’s population will have grown from 2.5 billion to 9 billion people. But there is reason for optimism.

Our CFO Robin Konijn was one of the participants of the Agri-Trade event in Lahore, Pakistan last week. It was a nice way to explore possibilities for further collaboration and joint ventures. We thank the Embassy of the Netherlands in Pakistan for the invitation and giving us the possibility to learn more of Pakistan and to see more options for saline agriculture in the country.