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DELIVER THE DUTCH PRODUCER BUSINESS POINTING IN THE COMMITMENT sustainability 
their crops.
Producers Dutch group The Greenery attach great importance to sustainability, both in culture and in its handling and processing. Each year, the leading companies in this field are distinguished with the seal “Nature Counts”. This has been the case of the company Bonny, the only Spanish that has been awarded so far.
The Greenery has a large number of producers affiliates, annually, in Coforta Day, -this year was held last day 13 April- awarded to the top finishers in the sustainability label “Nature Counts”, ensuring compliance with this commitment.
Sustainable production is a precondition for producers who are part of The Greenery. However, Several of these producers take a step back in fulfilling this objective, applying innovative techniques and production methods which are more sustainable than traditional methods in the field of specialization.
This time The Greenery has distinguished the work of the company Bonny 
together with organic producers Oirschot Netherlands, the Dutch company Westende Fruitteelt and tomato growers in branch Gerichhausen Netherlands Kwekerij also.
Bonny, producer of cucumbers and tomatoes, It has been distinguished by having three large wind turbines and solar collectors for heating and electricity supply their offices and warehouses Packaging. This has enabled the company to produce tomatoes and cucumbers without using fossil fuels.
Equally,desalination plant operates with energy-producing wind turbines. For transformation of seawater into clean, fresh water for irrigation of tomatoes and cucumbers, uses a sophisticated reverse osmosis system. Like this, avoid spending precious water from wells or public network slaughter.
These factors have been decisive for the jury of The Greenery awarded the label “Nature Counts” proving the bet Bonny has done to contribute to the implementation of sustainability and respect for the environment in the production cycle and packaging.
As for the other winners, all have headquarters in the Netherlands. In the case of Oirschot Organics, They engaged in cultivation of organic tomatoes, vineyard and respectful peppers with nature and biodiversity. In addition, the waste they produce goes to a nearby organic goat farm.
Westende Fruitteelt highlighted by the production of pear varieties which have succeeded in reducing the use of plant protection products in the region Fijnaart, Holland. The sorting and packaging, dining room 
and office are heated with waste heat from cold stores.
Finally, la empresa Nursery Gerichhausen, of the town of Huissen, Netherlands has increased production of vine tomatoes since 1977. The use of crop protection agents is reduced to a minimum by using the method of growing resistant. The company uses mats substrate with a life of ten years in which it has been able to cultivate strong tomato plants and reduce the use of plant protection products on 99%, positively influencing the root system through a special irrigation program.
With the addition of these new producers, the 7,4% the volume of products affiliated with Dutch growers The Greenery, It occurs under the seal “Nature Counts”. In addition, two major foreign suppliers group, which include Bonny, They have also received this label.
The initiative to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable farming, It has reaped great benefits. The label also facilitates clear communication on sustainable products to customers and consumers, increasingly, They continue to increase the demand for these environmentally friendly products.
from Agroaldea, our congratulations to Bonny Group.