The Broekman brothers were originally pig farmers. But now they run an agricultural empire, growing raspberry plants on 25 hectares and they own what may be the very first agro-solar park in the Netherlands. Solar panels are placed in such a way that you can still grow all kinds of things under them, Twan Broekman of Green Meteor shows Omroep Gelderland.
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