When we talk about sustainable food, we recommend healthy and well-balanced meals, made from organic, tasty and not too expensive products. In particular, we hereby like to mention seasonal products: their footprint is much lower and their nutritive value is so much higher, considering the needs of our body at different times during the year.
SUPERMARKETS
At Albert Heijn, you should try the products of the Puur en Eerlijk brand : they are sustainable, tasty and affordable. This brand offers a wide range of products varying from dairy to cleaning products. You also can order them online and get them delivered at home! Here you can find your closest Albert Heijn supermarket.
Plus is another regular supermarket, offering a sustainable brand: Plus Denkt Duurzaam. Here you can find your closest Plus supermarket.
Ekoplaza (Gelderopseweg 54 and Kruisstraat 128) is a genuine organic supermarket, which aims to make organic food accessible for a wider public.
FARMSTORES
Van het Land delivers you once a week an abundant basket of organic fruits and vegetables: they are varied and often very surprising for all of us who never ate from the gardens of the 40thies!
De Genneper Hoeve is the store of the Genneper Parken organic farm (can be visited every day, by the way. A very nice outing with children!). They sell organic cheese, meat, cereals, fruits, vegetables, ice cream and other treats!
SELF GROWING
If you have a nice garden and if you would like to grow your owns plants, fruits and vegetables, you can visit the Soontiëns Garden Centrum. They provide very good advice and offer a great choice of organic seeds and plants.
If you do not have that nice garden, but wish to use one for a short period of time, you can contact Mrs Marije van der Park of Bureau Marije van der Park in Geldrop. This graduate of the Dutch Design Academy committed herself to turning fallow lands into gardens. If you do not mind reading in Dutch, you can have a look at her projects.Ever heard of the Edible Walls? Harvest your own vegetables, fruits and edible flowers on balconies and apartments! Inspire yourself from this video, and use this page of instructions to make it work at your place!
RESTAURANTS, TAKE AWAY and DELIVERY
On this map you can wander through all sustainable shops of Eindhoven (fair-trade, organic and second hand) and you will fors ure bump into a trendy organic café or restaurant.
If you rather go straight to the point, here are a few tips:
Organic Take Away’s and Delivery’s
- Iris
- Starlicious
- Heerlijk Anders
- Bakker Meelmuts, located in het centre: five generations bakers have refined their trade with an eye for health and sustainability.
Organic restaurants
- Iris
- Het Cruydenhuisch
- Tijdrestaurant van Lucas Millie
- Piet Hein Eek restaurant in Strijp S: we recommend it to you warmly!!!
Chill out places
- Blanche Dael Coffeelovers, located in het centre, great place to read, chat or relax with a home made cake or sandwich.
- Fiets café Milieu Educatie Centrum, in de Gennepper Parks, where you can enjoy a cup of organic tea or coffee, and enjoy fresh food coming from the surrounding farms.
- Paviljoen in Eindhoven
- Pancakes house in Waalre
- Restaurant Twee in Weert (with baby-sitting!)
- Leemerhoef in Waalre (also baby-sitting on week-ends)
