On November 4, 2024, Noah Wynants, sous chef at De Librije, was named European Champion at the Young Chefs Academy. In this prestigious competition among top young chefs, Noah won with a completely plant-based rendang, prepared exclusively with Dutch ingredients [...]

Experience a special dinner in the place where flavour grows. On Sunday 21 September, we invite you to a unique pop-up experience right on our farm. Among the rows of shiitake mushrooms, you’ll enjoy a three-course dinner with a festive [...]

The shiitake mushroom originates from Asia but can be found in the wild all over the world – even in Florida. This mushroom is renowned for its supposed medicinal properties. In Asia, shiitake has been used for centuries in traditional [...]

New corporate film! A nice corporate film was recently made in which Menno tells something about his nursery.Watch the film below(in Dutch):https://shiitakekwekerij.nl//videos/HavemanShitake_2020.mp4

I have been using a special grafting method for 20 years. This method works great, but there is a drawback. A cap made of polystyrene foam is used to close the graft. After a lot of thinking and testing whether [...]

The grafting season is almost over for me Unexpectedly some more wood came in, so I grabbed the drill again and made a strip with nicely grown plugs. After a somewhat unfavorable spring (in terms of weather conditions), the prospects [...]