What is happening

For any collaboration to be truly successful it takes two willing partners that see the benefit in sharing often sensitive information and hard-earned knowledge.

Sustainability is becoming more important for everybody. That is why five enthusiastic employees from Valstar and Best Fresh are organising a Sustainable Week from 7 to 13 September, that starts today!

It’s a wrap! The Sustainable Series is done. 

It is perhaps one of the most discussed topics in recent years: sustainable packaging.

Leer alles over duurzame teelt in onze tweede podcast met René & Norman!

The video features René Kalter, cucumber grower, and Norman van Domburg, Sourcing Manager at Valstar, discussing sustainable cultivation in Dutch greenhouses.

This week (from March 11-17) is the National Meat-Free Week happening in the Netherlands...

Yesterday morning we harvested our first Dutch sustainable cucumbers of the season from the new greenhouse!

Luister nu naar onze eerste podcast met Toine Timmermans, directeur Stichting Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling en Emma den Ouden, onze Corporate Social Responsibility Manager!

What are the food trends in 2021? Let's find out!

Yesterday morning we harvested our first Dutch cucumbers of the season!

“In the debate about the best way to combat climate change it becomes ever clearer that it’s about two things: We have to switch to different forms of protein consumption, but most importantly, we have to prevent food waste.” says Toine Timmermans, director of Food Waste Free United.

A special video to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

In recent weeks, we have worked very hard to produce our own Valstar video series...

On Wednesday the 23th of September the third edition of the Best Fresh Foundation Charity Golf took place at Golf Club Broekpolder in Vlaardingen.

Last week Roy van den Heuvel, the Account Manager from our partner in packaging called Argos, handed over the first packaging made of Dutch Elephant grass to us. In co-operation with Argos we produced this innovative, fair and sustainable packaging as first for fruit and vegetables to contribute to the sector. 

The corona crisis changed the dining out sector completely. The list of restaurants that were temporarily closing down due to COVID-19 was growing over time. Many restaurants started with take away or delivery, some even started selling groceries as their dining rooms were closed, to get rid of inventory that was going bad.

Last Tuesday the national ‘Zero waste’ week started in the Netherlands! From 1 to 7 September everybody in the Netherlands is asked to help to reduce food waste....

Learn about the current COVID-19 situation in the Netherlands regarding agriculture.

To help reducing food waste in the Netherlands, we became a stakeholder of the "United against food waste" Foundation.

Will this be the future broccoli?

We are assigning the highest priority to its policy concerning the coronavirus. Read our policies.

Qwix is the perfect healthy in the increasing European market of healthy snacking.

Last week we visited our grower Voorhof, who started from this week on with harvesting his cucumbers. Voorhof is located in IJsselmuiden, a village in the Dutch province Overijssel...

The Intense tomato will be presented in style at the Valstar stand during the Fruit Logistica. This plum tomato is ideal for cutting, because of its firm structure and low juice loss.

Does this sound familiar? When you’re slicing a tomato, the copping board is covered in juice and the slices fall apart....

Every year, in the last week of September, there is the so called “Nationale vitaliteitsweek” in the Netherlands. During the event attention is paid to vitality and happiness at work. Since 2015 this event returns...

Yesterday was the 70th edition of the Valstar Wielerspektakel, a local cycling racing event which takes place every year....

Just like last year, we had a heat wave last week. With temperatures above 30 degrees some harvests can be less successful or even fail...

Last friday our colleagues played tennis for 24 hours for a good cause... 

It's world cucumber day! Because of this we want to highlight our own cucumber grower!

Last week we attented the London Produce Show, let's find out about our experiences!

There are more and more restaurants serving vegetables, but we also eat more vegetables at home. The demand for snack vegetables has ...

We are sure you are aware of the possible Brexit. The negotiations are still in full swing at the moment.

Sustainable packagings are becoming more important for supermarkets, and for some it becomes the norm.

February 2019: the Fruit Logistica fair. One of the biggest international fairs for the fruit and vegetable sector….

Last week we attented the Fruit Attraction in Madrid. Normally, only Valstar and BioWorld are present of the Best Fresh. However, this year Yex...

Last Friday we had a kick-off of the FoodFirstNetwork. This network is an online platform about a healthy living. On this platform FoodFirst….

This weekend we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Best Fresh Group. In 1928 M. Valstar established Fa. M. Valstar in Naaldwijk…

On Tuesday the 22nd of August, the 69th edition of the Valstar Wielerspektakel took place. This is a local cycling racing event....

At one of our sistercompanies at the ABC tradepark, a new assembly point for the Dutch Food Bank has opened…

In the Netherlands a heat wave is going on. With temperatures above 30 degrees some harvests will be less successful or even fail.

Every year the Dutch horticultural sector organises the so called “Kom in de Kas” days. Literally meaning, “Come into the Greenhouse”...

Yesterday was the opening of the World Horti Center in Naaldwijk. This center is the place where education and business meet…

In the week of 7-9 February in 2018, we attended the Fruit Logistica in Berlin. With 3.077 exhibitors and 76.000 visitors is one of the biggest ...

This week we were present at the WOP in Dubai. Over more than 200 exhibitors and 11 official country pavilions, the WOP Dubai is an…

From 18 till 20 October we attended the Fruit Attraction in Madrid. The Fruit Attraction is an international trade show for the fruit and vegetable..

From September 5-7 the Asia Fruit Logistica took place. Ly Hoang and Jelle van Dijk of the Overseas team went abroad to Hong Kong to visit this fair….

The Intense tomato is a plum tomato with a high density. Therefore, the Intense tomato is perfect for cutting into slices, without losing its’ shape…