Frans Carree has been breeding for 25 years in a range of vegetable crops. He has worked on Spinach, Beetroot, Chard, Rocket, Tomato and Rootstock for glasshouse crops. For 18 years Frans has been working for Rijk Zwaan. 7 years ago, Frans made the transition to the organic breeding company De Bolster. At De Bolster they work with a team of nine people on breeding vegetable crops. They strive to make the right varieties and 100% organic seeds for our customers. With their effort they like to show that it is possible to feed the world with organic agriculture.
”NGT’s are GMO’s and these are not to be accepted in organic agriculture. Granting patents on natural occurring genes is unfair. Deregulating NGT’s will mean more patents.”