Some companies go a gradation further in offering transparency to the mart and society . Van Geel Orchideeën in Erica and Montis Zuidplas in Moerkapelle , the Netherlands , are both participant in MPS - ABC as well as in MPS - ProductProof . Martijn van Geel , possessor of Van Geel Orchideeën explain : “ We use almost no chemical on our orchids and with MPS - ProductProof we prove that this is really the case . ”
Arjan van der Lee , cultivation specialist at Montis Zuidplas
MPS - ProductProof shows at mathematical product level that sure active substances do not fall out and have not been used in cultivation . A grower immortalise the craw security agents and autonomous sampling manifest that sure active substances have not been used in the refinement . “ Our orchids are commonly grown without using pesticides . We still use chemistry very rarely , only if there is no other way of life , ” says Van Geel . “ MPS - ProductProof offers the possibility to show that we do not use any agents . So the outside macrocosm also sees that it is potential to turn a beautiful intersection without chemical . ”
encroachment of chemistry“Fellow raiser sometimes descend by to see how we grow , but many do not make bold to take the step to almost no chemistry . Ultimately , it is not the most financially attractive choice , because dry culture without chemical does not give the maximum product . Yet we do it because we believe that this is the dependable way forward in the long term . ” The company has more than a hundred different varieties of Phalaenopsis . Van Geel : “ That is because we answer to customer need . We have now stamp down our place in the market place in this style . We play closely and openly with our customers . ”
In Moerkapelle , the poinsettias , for which culture specialist Arjan van der Lee has done his best to bring forth them as sustainably as potential , are almost quick to provide the Christmas feeling in living room at home and afield . “ With MPS - ProductProof we offer foil to our customers , who also gestate us to be open about our production process . Our starting point is the use of biology and promiscuous crop security agents , because we are aware of the impact of chemistry . ”
Growing as a sectorSome metre ago , a heart and soul was plant at Van Geel Orchideeën that was not specified in the platter - keeping . “ The sample showed that an agent had been used on our craw , while we were very indisputable that we had not used this agent , ” read Van Geel . “ In the end it turned out that it came from the starting material ; transparency and ascendence throughout the chain is therefore authoritative . This can be find by retard via MPS - ProductProof , for representative . ”
Both company consider it crucial to ensure that the production mental process is more sustainable . “ I think that is the only mode to make your ship’s company future - proof , ” says Van der Lee . accord to Van Geel . it would be a full affair if sustainable choices were positively stimulated more often . “ It is gravid that MPS - ProductProof gives the grower the opportunity to also show that certain agent have not been used on the polish . This way you’re able to distinguish yourself from other companionship . It secure sporty product and that we grow as a sphere . We bear a joint responsibleness for this . in the end we bang that the use of many craw aegis agent is not honorable for the environment . ”
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