REFLECTION BY THE CHAIRMAN

“Together, we are stronger than alone”

My first two months as chairman of the Members' Council started with several talks and meetings. These have strengthened my ambition to engage with all members: large and small, immediate and clock, national and international.

PAST / PRESENT / FUTURE

Entrepreneurship over the years

Together with her brother Edwin, Karin van der Eijk is the third generation in the family business VDE plant. They run the company together with associate Hein Visser and systematically invest in sustainability.

Barteld van Tuijl is in charge of transport, sales and marketing at Lin Flowers, a family-run spray chrysanthemum company.

A constructive attitude is always rewarded

When one wave has just passed, another comes along. And no, this is not about surfing, but about the complex world we move in as floriculture entrepreneurs. Big challenges follow one another. How do you sustain yourself? Good leadership is a solution to this, believes professor and consultant Freek Peters (Tilburg University and Galan Group). "In essence, leadership is about getting things done, along with each other."

3 Members speaking

What is the role of our cooperative?

In this edition, Martijn van Geel (van Geel orchids), Olaf van der Voort (Van der Voort Pot Plants) and Lennart Lekkerkerk (JHL Group) answer the question.

Royal FloraHolland Members' Council

Meet the Members' Council

From 1 January, the composition of the Members' Council has changed and there is a new chairman: Marcel van der Lugt.

Nursery of tomorrow

The world is changing rapidly and, as a result, new forms of collaboration between growers are emerging increasingly frequently. Like Riza Growers, which officially launched on 1 January this year. Is this a trend?

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Voting result from the February members' newsletter

Statement: Without legislation and obligations, most nurseries would not invest in sustainability

The low VAT rate (9%) for floriculture remains under pressure. The current cabinet is looking for money, wants to simplify the tax system and sees too many different rates as undesirable.

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Barteld van Tuijl

Lin Flowers

Barteld van Tuijl is in charge of transport, sales and marketing at Lin Flowers, a family-run spray chrysanthemum company. He has also been a member of the Youth Council for 3 years. The Youth Council is committed to keeping the next generation connected to floriculture. Recently, Barteld became chairman of the Youth Council, an achievement to be proud of!

"When I was 17, I joined the Youth Council and now some three years later I can call myself chairman. Besides being right for my own development, I especially want to contribute to connecting younger members with Royal FloraHolland as a company and as a cooperative. We have to do it together after all. As a Youth Council, we sit at the table with the management, Supervisory Board and Members' Council and they actually listen to what we have to say there. Added to which, the Youth Council organises regular events. The other day, we played the Growers & Buyers game with the Dutch Flower Group Youth Council. This is a great way to connect young growers and young buyers. There are always many young growers coming to our events – something I'm really proud of."