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22 February 1997
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ARD Weltspiegel
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Usefull insects for a tasty tomatoo |
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Dutch company Koppert is the biggest insect-breeder in the world. The company breeds and sells 26 different kinds of predator-insects. Litteraly 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 glass-house products like tomatoes, red-pepers and cucumbers are protected by the natural enemies of harmfull insects. In 1996 in total 2 billion predator-insects were used in Holland . 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 tomatto made Koppert and a few tomatoo-producers decide to start producing and promoting the ‘Bio-plus tomatoo'. A tastelfull, enviornment friendly tamotoo cultivated with the help of insects. Koppert was founded in '67 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 there business.
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