“I am impressed how much impact we can make'

We must work together across the sector and ensure that effective steps are taken throughout the entire supply chain. There are many different growers in our cooperative and therefore different interests. You can see that in this Members' Newspaper. Instead of focusing on our differences, we get further by focusing instead on what unites us and how we can move forward together.

We have been a cooperative for over 100 years and have achieved a lot in that time. Even in today's rapidly changing world, we can continue to make a difference as a collective and evolve as an industry. It is, and will remain, important that we work together and, despite differences between us, we really are much stronger together. Standing strong together!

Marcel van der Lugt

Chairman‍