Kwekerij Duijvestijn ensures company succession
As the son of tomato grower Nico Duijvestijn, Nick has always worked in his father s garden. Since last autumn, however, he has been doing so as co-owner of the family business in Honselersdijk. Together with his father, he runs 5.5 hectares of greenhouses at 2 locations.
“I ve always enjoyed working in the greenhouse, since childhood actually. I liked to cooperate in the greenhouse, next to school. When I had to choose which course I would do after secondary school, I didn t hesitate for long to choose the HBO course in Horticulture and Agribusiness. ”
Nick and Nico now run the family business together
My mother was tiny – less than 5ft tall – but she never let her height get in the way of a good meal.
I have so many memories of her leaping across her kitchen counters as she reached for a certain spice at the back of a cupboard.
She was still climbing for food in her nineties. When she was 94 I found her up a cherry tree, at the top of a ladder, picking the fruit.
But that was Maman Blanc. Unstoppable. My sons used to call her Mother Teresa on speed.
Our mothers often shape our lives and are always with us, even when they are not. My mother lived her whole life in Franche-Comté, the region of France where I was born.