Dutch company Koppert is the biggest insect breeder in the world. The company breeds and sells 26 different kinds of predator insects. Literally millions of different insects are growing up in huge, dark and hot rooms. Koppert has insect-farms in France , England , Italy and Spain and joint-ventures in the USA , Israel , Canada and New Zealand. More and more greenhouse products like tomatoes, red pepers and cucumbers are protected by the natural enemies of harmful insects. In 1996 in total 2 billion predator-insects were used in the Netherlands.
Apart from the use for this ‘natural insects war’, there are Bee’s that impregnate plants, so it does not have to be done by hand. The bad image of the tomato made Koppert and a few tomato producers decide to start producing and promoting the ‘Bio plus tomato’. A tasty, environmental friendly tomato cultivated with the help of insects.
Koppert was founded in 1967 by Jan Koppert, who was allergic to chemicals in food. The producers of chemicals tried to buy the company out, but the three remaining Koppert brothers are idealistic and want to expand their business.
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