Discover Food Valley tours
Gemeente Ede has selected 9 different tours for you to choose from:
- Poultry Expertise Centre Noordlander, Aeres
- General Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Boerenhart
- World Food Center, Bionext, Food Inspiration, Smaakpark
- World Food Center, Bionext, Food Inspiration, Smaakpark (other way around)
- Kröller Möller Museum & Taste of Van Gogh, Meat trader P. van den Berg
- Makandra, Kernhem Estate, Brandrood
- Ecofields, Remeker Cheese
- De Hooilanden farm, cheese producers Hollandse Meesters
- Van Beek Calves, Beekzicht, Sieplo
1. Poultry Expertise Centre Noordlander, Aeres
Theme: Education & Innovation
Poultry Expertise Centre
In the Poultry Expertise Centre (PEC) companies, government bodies and knowledge institutions from the poultry sector work together. The centre combines expertise in education, research and business and uses it to train students, entrepreneurs and employees in the poultry industry (both nationally and internationally).
Poultry Innovation Lab
A striking activity of the PEC is the Poultry Innovation Lab (PIL), a living lab project of the FoodValley Region on the site of Aeres Vocational College Barneveld. A number of parties from the sector and the region are collaborating on this project. The lab consists of a poultry house and a business centre (visitor rooms and information centre), where there is room for practical training, research and transfer of knowledge.
Centre for Emission Reduction Livestock
Another important part of the PEC is the Centre for Emission Reduction Livestock. This centre tests feasible and affordable techniques to reduce particulate matter in the poultry industry in collaboration with livestock farmers in the FoodValley Region.
2. General Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Boerenhart
Theme: Urban Delta
Hospital Gelderse Vallei
Hospital Gelderse Vallei is the leading food hospital of the Netherlands. The hospital ensures that every patient receives the right nutrition in the right measure and at the right time.
Cooperation Boerenhart
Regional products are becoming more popular. Cooperation Boerenhart (Dutch for Farmer’s Heart) therefore supplies regional products directly from the farmer to catering businesses, shops and bulk consumers.
3. World Food Center, Bionext, Food Inspiration, Smaakpark
Theme: Urban Delta
World Food Center
The World Food Center (WFC) is being developed in the Food Valley in Ede, right next to Ede-Wageningen train station. It will be a place to live and work. At its heart lies the grand WFC Experience, where people can hear, see, smell, feel and of course taste where our food comes from! The WFC will be a place for visitors, residents and entrepreneurs to meet. An international place where companies, educational institutions, public officials and consumers share knowledge with each other.
Bionext
Bionext promotes the interests of organic farming and food. They have been doing so from the World Food Center in Ede since 2018. Bionext has a mission: to connect the organic chain from farmer to consumer.
FoodInspiration
The food and hospitality industry is in constant motion. At Food Inspiration we help professionals in this turbulent industry by inspiring them with everything we do.
SmaakPark
A visit to SmaakPark will be a culinary expedition where everything revolves around responsible food. The theme park will be like a permanent food festival for anyone who wants to eat tasty, healthy and responsible food. But already now, there is plenty to taste in a cooking studio and dining area.
4. World Food Center, Bionext, Food Inspiration, Smaakpark (other way around)
Theme: Urban Delta
SmaakPark
A visit to SmaakPark will be a culinary expedition where everything revolves around responsible food. The theme park will be like a permanent food festival for anyone who wants to eat tasty, healthy and responsible food. But already now, there is plenty to taste in a cooking studio and dining area.
FoodInspiration
The food and hospitality industry is in constant motion. At Food Inspiration we help professionals in this turbulent industry by inspiring them with everything we do.
Bionext
Bionext promotes the interests of organic farming and food. They have been doing so from the World Food Center in Ede since 2018. Bionext has a mission: to connect the organic chain from farmer to consumer.
World Food Center
The World Food Center (WFC) is being developed in the Food Valley in Ede, right next to Ede-Wageningen train station. It will be a place to live and work. At its heart lies the grand WFC Experience, where people can hear, see, smell, feel and of course taste where our food comes from! The WFC will be a place for visitors, residents and entrepreneurs to meet. An international place where companies, educational institutions, public officials and consumers share knowledge with each other.
5. Kröller Möller Museum & Taste of Van Gogh, Meat trader P. van den Berg
Theme: Art & food
Kröller-Müller museum
The Kröller-Möller Museum in Otterlo/Ede houses the second largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world.
Taste of Van Gogh
The Van Gogh paintings have inspired three chefs in Ede to create the label ‘Taste of Van Gogh’, which comprises four different taste profiles. With this citymarketing initiative, Ede puts itself on the map as an experimental garden for culinary tourism: Ede as the Food Capital and epicentre of art and nature.
Meat trade van den Berg
A meat wholesaler focusing on butchery, sausage and wholesale. We offer a high-quality assortment in the field of beef and pork. Here the freshness and honesty of the product are of high importance
6. Makandra, Kernhem Estate, Brandrood
Theme: Urban Delta
Care farm Makandra
Makandra is a care farm, on the beautiful country estate of Kernhem. Clients of all kinds of target groups take care of animals and help with the cultivation of fruit and vegetables. The products are for sale in the farm shop.
Country estate Kernhem
Makandra is just one of the farms on the Kernhem Estate. Nowadays, Kernhem House is a reception area, wedding venue and, above all, an exhibition space. Next to the country house the former coach house can be found, which now houses a restaurant, alongside a monumental car shed.
Cheese farm Brandrood
Cheese farm Brandrood produces organic cheese from a unique breed of cow: Brandrood. It is a special, Gruyère-style farmhouse cheese with a natural rind.
7. Ecofields, Remeker Cheese
Theme: Circular economy
Eco Fields
Founded in 2006, Eco Fields has grown into a flourishing business that rears calves coming from organic dairy farms in the region. But Eco Fields is not only a veal farm, it also has a butchery, a vineyard and a reception area for tastings and demonstrations.
Remeker cheese
Remeker has been one of the best and tastiest Dutch cheeses for years. The cheese has a creamy and full, yet fresh and fruity flavour. Its secret? Not doing anything! No artificial fertiliser, no feed concentrates, no antibiotics, no dehorning. At the same time, there is always room for introducing innovations and creating new products like cheese with a natural rind.
8. De Hooilanden farm, cheese producers Hollandse Meesters
Theme: Urban Delta
Organic farm De Hooilanden
Farmers Lodewijk and Floor Pool welcome a wide audience, including customers, care farm clients and business people. Besides that, their organic blaarkop cows produce delicious butter, cheese and meat.
Cheese making cooperative Hollandsche Meesters (Dutch Masters)
Can you think of anything more beautiful than cheese made from your own milk? Cheese making cooperative Hollandsche Meesters makes farmers’ wishes come true.
9. Veal farm Beekzicht, Sieplo, Denkavit
Theme: Smart farming
Vealfarm Beekzicht
Vealfarm Beekzicht is a place where calves are processed into a beautiful veal product in an innovative way. To guarantee a piece of the most delicious, sustainable veal, the calves are kept in a bright, spacious and comfortable stable with lots of fresh air. Beekzicht has five lines of business: they design calf stables, build stable equipment, produce precast concrete walling units, sell veal and have their own testing facilities.
SIEPLO Feeding Systems
Innovation-minded veal farmers often chose feeding systems from SIEPLO and Kalverhouderij Beekzicht is one of them. Factors like feed structure, accuracy of dosage and number of feeding times are all of crucial importance. They have a direct impact on the growth and health – and therefore performance – of the animals.
Denkavit Feed
Vealfarm Beekzicht purchases its feed from Denkavit. With over 60 years of experience, Denkavit is the expert in young animal nutrition. It has its own R&D facilities and a long experience in calf milk and calf feed. The company has a clear vision on how to improve health in calves and is convinced better health contributes to lower use of antibiotics.