employees
Roel Steijvers
Biology Specialist
Research shows that the color yellow makes us happier. That's why the yellow cherry vine is my favorite tomato!
The local community
Our impact
Our company is situated in close proximity to Someren’s urban centre. We are very aware of this. The area where our greenhouses are located also attracts a high level of recreational traffic in the form of walkers and cyclists. So this future vision includes looking at our horticultural area from the perspective of a recreational user. We seek a good balance between the recreational value of the area and its value to us as entrepreneurs. We want local residents and visitors to the area to be proud of our business and support our commercial activities at this location.
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This philosophy is very much in line with the pillars
formulated earlier. Our commitment to biodiversity
will make the area even more attractive to nature
lovers and people who want to enjoy peace and
quiet in a rural setting. We will create a hiking
trail through the area that informs visitors about
the activities in the greenhouses and the flora and
fauna living outside them.
We are also exploring the possibilities of a heating network with the municipality. In our fossilfree vision, we will tie multiple sustainable heat sources into our business process. Any surplus heat could potentially be supplied to the community in Someren.
We are also exploring the possibilities of a heating network with the municipality. In our fossilfree vision, we will tie multiple sustainable heat sources into our business process. Any surplus heat could potentially be supplied to the community in Someren.
Vending machine &
'Green Fingers' label
The Tomato Cottage
At one of our locations, we have a vending machine placed in which a wide assortment of tomatoes will be offered year-round locally at a fair price. From this point, the proposed walking trail will also start and end.
Label 'Green Fingers'
Under the Wim Peters Nurseries 'Green Fingers' label, we will engage locally in initiatives
around education and healthy eating. For example, our doors are open for school excursions and we will visit schools during the week of 'Snoep Goed' with our tomatoes. We also make tomatoes available for
local associations and, of course, for our own staff. We are proud name sponsor of a project in cooperation with the Rabobank and Someren municipality in which we provided several local elementary school with a 'worm hotel'. This introduces children to composting and that green waste is actually not waste.
Our people are important to us. We want to be a highly valued employer.
Meet Nikki & Lisa
A green hero
We are the fourth generation in the family tradition of Wim Peters Kwekerijen. Or put more simply; Lisa and Nikki, the daughters of Wim and Anjo. We see ourselves as a generation that cares deeply about nature and society. A perspective that we wanted to incorporate in our company’s vision for the future. Economic return is just one of several aspects.
We want to add value with our tomatoes and make an impact from our business process. We believe this is well embedded in the company's new vision. The Future of Tradition is a nod to the generations before us who founded our beautiful family tradition. A tradition that you come across in the tomato world under the name "the Taste of Tradition.
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Green heroes
Our specialists
