Pol louwagie specializes in cultivate rhubarb.

Rhubarb is startet with an advance.

The ancient, somewhat forgotten plant of rhubarb is startet on a famous advance. In England and France that owe it to the cooks, who the vegetables -or is it fruit ? – use again and again it in their preparations. In our country the Western—

Flemish farmers are the greatest producers,such as the married couple Louwagie – Zyde of Gijverinkhove (Alveringem).Pol Louwagie and Katrien Zyde cultivate 65 aren rhubarb. Whit it they are the greater professional growers. “We cultivate 15 sorts vegetables.As well as corn salad and fennel,rhubarb is one of our specialitys?

We already cultivate rhubarb since 1999. Rhubarb can you leave eight year before you have to replace the plants.Consequently that is easy. But the harvest happens manual and is very labour-intensive”,says Pol Louwagie.

The rhubarb ,is it engaged in a come back ? “We supply in the auction – the red rhubarb,because there’s also green one for the industry – and I note the buyers are ready to pay for that good prices. Sure rhubarb is on price again.

I think a lot of people are looking for good product of nature of earlier. Rhubarb fits exellent in that trend”, tells

Pol Louwagie. “ Rhubarb is a bit a rough plant,but you can make much delicious preparations with that old-fashioned

Peppermint stick. We have a farmshop.There we sell not only rhubarbstems,but also all sorts products who are

Originate from rhubarb “ thus Paul louwagie. “why rhubarb is so delicious in the kitchen ? Just like apple rhubarb makes fresh and fruity your dish. Of course rhubarb is very wholesome and very rich in vitamins. Our ancesters already knew that”,thus Paul Louwagie.

The Warandefarm is on the Elzendammestraat 11 in Gyverinkhove. Tel. 058 – 29.86.26

E-mail :rhubarb@hetwarandahof.be Info :www.rabarber.be