Making salad leaves tasty, visually appealing and improving shelf life is what Rijk Zwaan's Salanova® mixed butter leaf varieties are all about.

It has completely adapted itself to lettuce, hides deep inside the head and multiplies rapidly. We’re talking about Nasonovia ribisnigri, the currant-lettuce aphid feared by all lettuce growers. Anneke Kroes, a phytopathologist at Rijk Zwaan, explains how her research is contributing to finding a robust solution for lettuce growers.

Since 2022, Vietnam’s Kingfoodmart and Rijk Zwaan have been strategic partners. “Working together gives us a chance to become a pioneer in selling new vegetables in the market, such as baby celery, baby spinach and mixed Crystal lettuce,” Hồng Trương explains. In product sampling sessions, Sweet Palermo juice turned out to appeal to consumers’ taste buds.

Martijn Eggink, Managing Director of Rijk Zwaan, symbolically drove the first stake in the ground on 11 July. This marked the official start of construction work for the Trial Centre Open Field. The new facility in Heijningen, in the West-Brabant region of the Netherlands, will be home to the open-field team and the new demo location for Rijk Zwaan’s open-field vegetables.

When barbecue season arrives in the summer, meat is the first thing on most consumers’ minds. But according to Martijn Korving, chef at sustainable event venue De Vuurplaats in De Bilt, the Netherlands, vegetables also deserve a starring role. During his inspiration session on 17 June, approximately 20 organic growers and retailers experienced for themselves just how tasty barbecued leeks, pointed cabbage and peppers can be.

Three products summitted fruit and vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan to the International Taste Quality Institute (ITQI) this year. All three have been awarded the maximum 3-star Superior Taste Award!  

We offer organic lettuce growers more peace of mind with the new Rijk Zwaan lettuce varieties that stand out for their resistances to Bremia and Fusarium. Crop Coordinator Lettuce Jose Enrique Colomina shares four of his favourite varieties, which have already been trialed successfully in Spain, Italy and France. These and all our other organic lettuce varieties are described in more detail in a specially designed leaflet for the organic market.

On 1 July, the European working group of the International Bremia Evaluation Board (IBEB-EU) did not denominate a new race of downy mildew in lettuce. 

Across the globe, most people consistently eat too few vegetables. That’s why Veggies First has been launched: an international movement dedicated to increasing vegetable consumption.