Our long-standing partnership with KU Leuven offers students and employees of the KU Leuven Association the opportunity to subscribe to The Veggiebag. Every week they discover a surprising mix of organic fruits and vegetables, straight from the field.
Our partnership with City of Leuven offers all staff members the opportunity to subscribe to De Wikke's vegetable packages. They enjoy fresh, seasonal and local fruits and vegetables every week, delivered directly to city offices.
Voedselteams vzw has been working with De Wikke for years to give individuals access to fair, sustainable, short-chain produce. By joining Voedselteams, you get organic vegetables from De Wikke and other local produce straight from the field on your plate. Together, we strive for a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable food system.
De Wikke works closely with Kort'Om Leuven for B2B sales. Through this cooperation, we not only sell our own organic vegetables to Belgian stores and restaurants, but also buy local products in short chain from other farmers and producers. This helps us to guarantee a wide and varied offer in our farm store.
We partner with Sinature to purchase organic fruits and vegetables from European and southern growers. When our harvest is large, we also sell our surpluses through their network. This is how we ensure maximum freshness and minimize food waste.
With De Wikke, social economy was given a permanent place in Park Abbey in Heverlee. In our farm store, located in the Tiendenschuur, we offer organic vegetables from De Wikke and other local products. Among other things, we sell Braxatorium Parcensis abbey beer and BoerEnCompagnie products such as flour, pasta, meat and dairy. Vrienden van Abdij van 't Park tend the apple garden and provide us with delicious local apple juice from Abbey. Landwijzer, the education center for organic and biodynamic farming and one of our valued partners, is also located at Abbey of Park.
In our farm store, you can also enjoy the delicious products of bakery Korst. If you taste rhubarb in your fruit turnover, know that it comes from De Wikke.
At De Wikke, we sell apples, pears and juices from the Apple Factory. Try their unique red beet juice, made from beets we grow at De Wikke.
People Made is a cooperative of social economy organizations and labor care workshops in Flemish Brabant. We are proud to offer their carefully made products, such as cards and handmade items, in our store.
De Wroeter, a fellow custom made labour company, offers meaningful employment to people who have difficulty finding a place in the regular labor market. Their artisanal jams and cookies are made with love by their employees and for sale in our farm store.
Karditsel creates authentic, raw milk goat cheeses with raw materials from an organic farming system. These cheeses, which we offer in our store, are prepared with passion for the cheese craft.
Rosen Amarás supplies us with citrus fruits straight from the farm in Andalusia. They grow their products according to agroecological principles and are part of a participatory guarantee system. Their products, now in conversion to European organic certification, are a true southern delicacy.
Thanks to Vajra, we are able to offer a wide range of fresh and dried organic produce in our farm store. They are dedicated to building a society that supports organic farming, ensuring healthy food for future generations.
In collaboration with More2Coffee, a Belgian startup dedicated to circular coffee, we are working toward a more sustainable future. More2Coffee gives new life to used coffee by converting coffee grounds into valuable products such as candles and soap. Together, we strive to make every cup of coffee a source for new, circular uses.
In collaboration with Atelier Circuler vzw, the Circular Construction Team of Wonen en Werken is creating sustainable knife blocks, cutting boards and candle holders from reclaimed oak. These unique, eco-friendly decorations are available in the farm store De Wikke. Together, we are committed to a circular economy and a greener planet.
De Wikke is a proud member of Vitale Rassen, a non-profit organization that supports organic farmers in their own seed multiplication. By collaborating with organic farmer propagators from all over Flanders, we help propagate and distribute carefully selected, robust varieties. This collaboration promotes biodiversity and strengthens the autonomy of organic farming in Flanders.
Every fall, Cera calls on everyone to bring in any walnuts they can spare to our farm store De Wikke, among others. Our volunteers from the labor care project in Herent then carefully crack the collected and dried nuts. These cracked nuts are taken to the oil press, where they are processed into delicious walnut oil. The walnut oil is for sale in our farm store at Park Abbey in Heverlee. By participating in this initiative, we create meaningful work for our volunteers, promote connection in our community and generate additional income. Thus, everyone contributes to a more sustainable and cohesive society.
De Wikke is an ambassador of "Lekker van bij ons" . At De Wikke, we are proud of our range of local products and prioritize quality. By choosing short supplychain products whenever possible, we contribute to a more sustainable society and support the local economy. Together with hundreds of other ambassadors of "Tasty from With Us," we strengthen everyone's preference for local food.
