cultivation areas

About 6% of arable Dutch agricultural land is used for the cultivation of Holland onions. Over the past 15 years this has increased by 50%, resulting in over 30,000 hectares.

Traditionally, our largest onion cultivation areas are found on the fertile sea clay soils of the South-Western delta areas of the Netherlands, in the provinces of Zeeland and South Holland. However since land was reclaimed in the IJsselmeer polders, this has also become an onion cultivation area. Zeeland accounts for 35% of Holland onion crops and the North East polder and Southern Flevopolder produce 40%. In the northern half of the Netherlands onion cultivation areas are mostly located in Friesland and Groningen.

The Holland onion's wonderful appearance is mainly due to the ideal growing conditions in calcium rich sea clay soils and the expert growing and harvesting techniques. The meticulous nature of our efficiently organised onion processing chain ensures that every Holland onion stays crisp and fresh until the next harvesting season. The close proximity of three major maritime ports proved to be a very reliable and affordable means to ship the onions.