Raspberries are high-valuable soft fruit for growers. But it is even more interesting for them to grow during wintertime when weather as in Portugal is still favorable, as the offer is low on the market and they can distinguish really easily and sell raspberries at high prices. ‘Sapphire’ is currently …

In a rapidly developing labor market, in which some parts of jobs disappear and new parts appear due to technological developments, companies are struggling with defining future-proof job qualifications and describing job profiles that fit the organization’s needs. This is even more applicable to smaller …

Many people on Earth are hungry or do not have a reliable source of drinking water. Drought-tolerantcrops do not need much water to grow and therefor usable in regions where water is an issue. Cropbreeders are working on crops that are more drought-tolerant and grow faster. Corp …

Athletes in minority sports often have a second job to earn enough income to support their sports career. This is mainly due to the lack of sponsors involved in these sports. Athletes that want to live from minority sports need to create a strong personal brand to attract sponsors. To find out how, this …

Large cities in the West respond to an ever-increasing shortage of affordable housing by accelerating the process of urban densification. Amsterdam, for instance, aims to increase its housing stock by 10 percent in the next 15 years as its population is expected to grow by 20 percent. As in other cities, …

The video cut-up piece Order of Magnitude features Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with growth. Instead of taking the traditional critical approach, Ben Grosser magnifies particular words that return in each and every one of his sentences: ‘MORE’, billion, trillion, etc. Ben Grosser: ‘Covering the earliest …

QUOTES “OH MY GOD, WAT GEBEURT ER MET MIJ? - Borsten, ongesteldheid, schaamhaar, puistjes, verliefdheid, lust, zoenen, seks en anticonceptie…” “DAAR GAAT ZE! - Ze is geen klein meisje meer, maar ook nog geen vrouw. Al begint ze daar steeds meer op te lijken. En dat is soms best heel ingewikkeld. HEMA …

This thesis project has been carried out at VHL (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences) and consists of three different parts; the first part is an experiment in which during 20 days of cultivation the optimum nitrate concentration for protein production in Ulva lactuca is sought. U. lactuca …

Germany has a known a growth of organic consumption within the recent years, however its consumption is growing faster than the German wine production which is still relatively low. Therefore, a large amount of wine is imported from other countries, making Germany the largest organic wine importer in …

To face the challenges of an ageing population, many Western countries nowadays stimulate an ageing in place policy to empower older adults to grow old in their own homes with the highest degree of self‐reliance. However, many community‐living older adults experience limitations in (instrumental) activities …