Associations and memberships

World Horti Center

World Horti Center is the global knowledge and innovation centre for international greenhouse horticulture. It’s a place where businesses, education, research and public authorities innovate, connect, inspire and share knowledge together. Their work focuses on finding solutions to relevant social issues such as water, the supply of food, food safety, well-being and sustainability. Every year World Horti Center welcomes around 30,000 visitors from all over the world who come to gather inspiration and ideas from the knowledge and innovation on offer here.

GlobalG.A.P.

GLOBALG.A.P. is a brand of smart farm assurance solutions built on a portfolio of standards for safe and responsible production processes in agriculture, aquaculture, and floriculture. Our holistic approach to certification is developed through extensive collaboration with sector experts. GLOBALG.A.P. activities are supported by a rigorous integrity program and a network of more than 430 GLOBALG.A.P. Community Member organizations from across global value chains. In addition, our dedicated capacity-building program equips producers around the world with practical knowledge about responsible farming practices, enabling them to achieve certification, meet evolving market requirements, and contribute to international sustainability goals.

CEA Alliance

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance (CEA Alliance) is a membership trade association representing and serving vertical farms and greenhouse producers growing fruits and vegetables in a highly controlled indoor production environment.

Controlled environment growers employ a variety of agricultural production methods and technology to create optimal growing conditions with rigorous environmental controls. Growers utilize innovative technologies such as hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, and soil-based systems to grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. CEA producers work to deliver the freshest, best-tasting, and most nutritious fruits and vegetables to consumers, with the least environmental impact; reducing use of water, land and other scarce resources; and employing the most rigorous practices to ensure the safety of our products

RHP-KIWA

RHP has been the European knowledge centre for growing media since 1963  RHP certified substrates guarantee an optimal start of the culture. The RHP quality mark guarantees that the substrate meets the right quality requirements for water and air content, pH and for example EC. It also guarantees that the substrate is pure and clean and that it can be used without risks for the culture. The RHP quality mark guarantees the quality of growing media in the chain, from raw materials production until processing and delivery at the company of the user.

AmericanHort

AMHPAC

The Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture AC is an Organization that represents nearly 300 companies located in 22 states of the Mexican Republic, related to the production, packaging, distribution, as well as the marketing of fresh vegetables produced under protected schemes in Mexico. 

Cannabis Council of Canada

The Cannabis Council of Canada ('C3') is the national and international representative of Canada’s licensed producers and processors of medicinal crops. C3’s mission is to promote industry standards, support the development, growth, and integrity of the regulated medical crop industry, and serve as an important resource on issues related to responsible use for medical and non-medical purposes.

Légumes de France

Vegetable producers created the National Federation of Vegetable Producers (FNPL) in 1946, which became Légumes de France in 2008, in order to defend and promote their profession. It brings together vegetable producers throughout France and represents all production intended to be marketed fresh, regardless of the mode of production (greenhouse grower, "open field" producer, vegetable grower, market gardener) and the form of marketing (producer organization, shipping, physical market, direct sales, etc.).

AVAG

AVAG is the association of the Dutch greenhouse construction and technology. The Netherlands is a globally respected supplier of integrated growing systems, components and associated services. The AVAG affiliated companies sucessfully export their products worldwide and form the basis of years of experience and knowledge that has become invaluable for the industry. AVAG represents the common interests of our members and support them in the areas of quality, innovation and internationalization.

Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Dutch Greenhouse Delta has the ambition to contribute to the provision of sufficiently healthy, affordable, nutritious and safe food, produced sustainably and locally. We focus on three main regions; China, India and the Gulf region. In these regions, sustainable and efficient local food production is a top priority.

The ‘Club van 100'

The ‘Club van 100 - leading in horticultural innovation’ is a collaboration between Dutch suppliers in the horticultural industry which develop knowledge in cooperation with the Business Unit Horticulture and Flower Bulbs of Wageningen University & Research institute in such a way that it creates business for the members. We inspire and create solutions that contribute to more sustainable cultivation and future-fit entrepreneurship for growers worldwide.