Partnership with local factory shrinks Soilmates’ carbon footprint
Soilmates’ journey started right here in the Netherlands. 62% of the EU’s avocados come through Rotterdam’s port, where they’re sorted and sent off to be ripened and sold in supermarkets. But that’s not every avo’s story: there are mountains of them that don’t make the cut. Over a million every day, in fact, are rejected […]
start-up, sustainability
The Soilmates are in town
Hey Soilmate. Crazy big news: the Soilmates are in town! They have recently been showing some pride in your Albert Heijn. Me, you, Heijn: all Soilmates now. Nice. It started with a dream Last year around this time it was still a dream. Would we succeed? Healthy Oil from Healthy Soil? It was a risk, […]
health, start-up
From zero to hero
A BUNDLE OF BIG DREAMS Three dreams found each other and started a company Davo saves the avo Dave’s great-grandfather plants a tree and starts an avo farm in western Kenya in 1930. Dave grows up loving avocados from the get-go. We’ve seen him talk to them. No joke. Health freaks around the globe realise […]
start-up, sustainability