Test center for strip cultivation on sand

On a plot of 5.5 hectares, Jacob Van den Borne wants to take a major step towards resilient cultivation from a stronger soil life in 5 years.
The use of strip cultivation is an attempt to provide housing to natural fighters. At the same time, pesticides are used as economically as possible to give developing soil life maximum opportunities. The photosynthesis of the plant is actively supported so that it can pump as many exudates to the rhizosphere as possible: after all, the plant also builds its own soil ...

The fertilization is completely organic, with farmyard manure and improved slurry.

Frietje precies
Making agriculture more nature-inclusive and improving soil quality are two important challenges facing farmers. But it is just as challenging to reward the farmer for his efforts through new, attractive and tasty products. FoodUp Brabant thinks that this is possible. In a way that improves the farmer and the soil. The result is the Frietje precies, which we developed in 2019 with grower Jacob van den Borne and design agency Ultra Ultra.

Frietje precies is:

A delicious fries made from potato, sweet potato and parsnip.
Renovated on a colorful field where different crops and flowers alternate in strips.
Soil-friendly and cultivated with great precision by using robots, drones, sensors and a lot of data.
In short, fries that make the Brabant farmer, the Brabant soil and the people of Brabant happy.