Laan Landbouw Tollebeek
- Type
- Farm / Primary Producer
- Location
- Tollebeek, Netherlands
- Industries
- Arable farming, Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Direct to consumer, Shortening supply chain
- Domains
- Plant based primary products, Chickpeas, Beet, Potatoes, Sugar beet, Flour, Ingredients
- Technologies
- Digital Marketplace, Physical modification, Platform & Service technologies, Processing
About Laan Landbouw Tollebeek
Laan Landbouw is an arable farm in Tollebeek, in the Noordoostpolder, focused on growing Dutch chickpeas. The company presents itself as a passionate grower that puts sustainability at the center of its work and aims to grow step by step into an agricultural business where ecology and economics go hand in hand.
Its approach is built around soil health, the right crop choice, and encouraging biodiversity. Laan Landbouw emphasizes that healthy soil is essential for producing a high-quality crop, and it sees chickpeas as a long-term crop that can contribute to that goal.
Core Values
- Sustainability: Laan Landbouw places sustainability high on its agenda and wants to develop in a way that balances ecology and economics.
- Soil health: The company stresses that healthy soil is the foundation of quality production, and it focuses on soil condition as a core part of its farming approach.
- Biodiversity: Biodiversity is part of the farm’s long-term perspective, with chickpeas and other protein crops chosen for their contribution to the wider agro-ecosystem.
- Quality and care: The webshop messaging highlights quality, care, and attention in both crop production and product handling.
Unique Aspects
- Dutch-grown chickpeas: Laan Landbouw highlights chickpeas from Dutch soil as its distinctive proposition, positioning them as a locally grown alternative to imported supply.
- Direct-from-grower sales: Products are sold directly through the farm’s own webshop, allowing customers to buy straight from the producer.
- Protein crop benefits: The company points to chickpeas and other protein crops as nitrogen-fixing crops with deep roots, linking its product choice to soil improvement.
- Regional processing: The chickpeas are milled into flour by a fellow grower in the region, showing a local processing chain rather than a distant industrial one.