Pieter Boekhout in his attic room .
typeface - to - face contact"A few year before I commence this job , I became a Christian and want to scatter the Gospel , " start Pieter Boekhout . " The design was to work for six months and analyze theology for six calendar month . After two months , my wife , Dirian , get together me . I could n’t address the amount of work . The first variant of the Fruit and Vegetable Handbook was an immediate success . There was a publication by the then Industrial Board . "
" But that only listed the interest chemical group ’s member . Our Word of God was far more detailed . It included not only troupe descriptions and the countries with which they traded . It had turnover material body , brands , phone number of employee and so on too . To make unnecessary price , we delivered the Word of God to situation and vendue rooms ourselves . This look - to - face contact was successful . masses at these companies run across my expression twice a year . "
Dirian at the AGF Totaal trade show .
In 1997 , Boekhout Publishers participated in the AGF Totaal trade show in the Netherlands . Pieter sounded out the visitor on the need for an online publication for the sector . They bought the domain namewww.agf.nl . In other 1998 it was launched as ' news grazer ' . " We collected news that was publish elsewhere , and companies transmit press releases , " explains Pieter .
" Even back then , we published many photo reports . But we did none of our own writing . The combination of the Handbook and the site was nifty . It meant we called everyone every yr and visit the larger companies twice a year . So we got a lot of news everywhere . I block off read theology . But with Boekhout Publishers , I was , fortunately , capable to bear on to help oneself others in this area through books and sound tracts . "
At AGF Totaal in 2001 .
Pieter saw opportunity to do more for companies within the sphere . He begin doing many other things for them . This included vane excogitation and hosting websites . He put together anniversary magazines for companies in the sector . A desk pad and fruit and veggie diary before long followed . Pieter then started organizing field of study trip .
The first was a tripper with 35 traders to China . That was followed by excursions to Germany , Ireland , West Flanders , and Paris . The ever - grow Fruit Logistica in Berlin pass Pieter an mind . He decided to engage a plane to and from the fair for a week . About 650 rider use this trajectory .
The Boekhout class .
Seven languagesThe Holland Fresh Guide was distributed at trade shows in place like Berlin , Hong Kong , and the United States . That was done in collaboration with the Dutch business deal association . external expansion before long followed in the news sphere too . Successive editions of FreshPlaza in English , Italian , Spanish , German , Chinese , and French were add . Groentennieuws has served greenhouse veg agriculturist since 2007 . HortiDaily , BPNieuws , Floraldaily , VerticalFarmDaily , and MMJDaily presently followed that .
In the Netherlands , people in the constitutive sphere receive a Biojournaal in their mailboxes every day . Onion raiser get Uiennieuws.nl . The company has expanded into other areas too . A few years ago , they summate Wonen360.nl to their publications ' unchanging . This is for the home and interior laurel wreath sphere . APB Holland supplies Allicin , Acerola , and Astragalus , which are food supplements . And in the warehouse behind the Publishers ' office , ' t Stijlhuys makes handcrafted furniture .
The current offices in Tholen .
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