Carrots, onions, cabbages and potatoes are the main cash crops in Dutch organic plant production. They are all major export products.

State-of-the-art Dutch greenhouse technology, useful both for regular AND for organic use, the economic value of greenhouse crops is very high. At the same time, carbon dioxide emissions can be held to a minimum. Major greenhouse crops are tomato, sweet pepper and cucumber.

The main organic fruit crops in the Netherlands are apples and pears, but also berries and wine grapes. In addition to these, many other crops are grown organically, including ornamentals, flowers, bulbs and mushrooms, some of which are key export products.

There are 305 organic dairy farms in the Netherlands, with a total livestock of 16,000 cows. Their products are
extremely popular on the domestic market, but export figures are constantly rising. Another 75 organic farms specialise in goat or sheep dairy. Their produce is mainly exported.

Some 235 farms produce organic beef and pork. Demand for organic beef has risen dramatically in recent years. As a result most organic meat consumed in the Netherlands is imported.

Organic poultry meat and eggs are important export products for the Netherlands. With more than one million  hens, organic poultry farms account for 4 percent of total poultry production in the Netherlands. Three quarters of all organic eggs produced in the Netherlands are exported.

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