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YEALD BUSINESS NEAWS UPDATE 2025.1
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Are you ready for an international perspective? Let’s broaden our horizon and discover horticultural investments from around the world! In this edition of YEALD NEAWS we take a look at investments in horticulture in Africa, the UK and the United States of America. High tech greenhouses are a global phenomenon. More and more investors and companies all around the globe see the potential that sustainable high end greenhouses achieve. First, we go to Birchington, UK, to a site that has been cultivated for over 6,000 years. Thanet Earth is building its seventh greenhouse, completing a strategic plan that’s been in the works for twenty years. Now it is time for the next steps in becoming a multidimensional company, that handles its own growing, distribution and marketing, to mention a few activities. After that, we stay on the British Isles for a minute, talking with Oasthouse Ventures. This investment company wants to do things a little better than usually seen, especially in the area of sustainability. Its focus is on developing low carbon infrastructure from idea to finished company and since 2015 they are also in the horticultural
business. Starting with greenhouses in the UK, they’re now also developing and co-owning a greenhouse venture in Virginia, USA. Finally, we go to Africa, where Olav Boenders and Pim de Witte recently sold one of the world’s largest flower propagation companies of cuttings after 25 years of building and developing horticulture in Uganda. Wagagai will now pass over to Selecta, which was a logical yet complicated process. Olav talks about entrepreneurship in Africa, investing in local expertise and infrastructure and knowing when to hand over your business. Three fascinating companies operating on a global scale, all with their own strategy, vision and characters running the show. It always fascinates us how many ways there are to operate a successful company within horticulture, and we’re proud to play our own part in some of these processes. We hope the stories we present in this new edition of YEALD NEAWS will inspire you and help you develop your own strategies and vision on horticulture! <<
Thanet Earth
Oasthouse Ventures
Wagagai
New team members
“We want to be the most trusted horticultural company.”
The UK needs to build and develop sustainable greenhouses.
From prioneer to market leader in Uganda
We’re pleased to introduce our new colleagues.
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