Bio Brussels
This article reviews the market for organic food in the local Brussels, Belgium area, as of 2022, including a partial listing of shops, suppliers, and nearby farms. This listing is not complete. It does not endorse any supplier.
Nobody sponsored this survey. Buyer beware. Of course, you can buy some organic food in supermarkets, but the smaller shops tend to be closer to their local suppliers, more flexible, and more transparent with their customers.
Produce, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds
Brussels has many small, independent organic food shops. My favorite is Bioshop Den Teepot on rue Chartreux 66 near the Bourse. They have been there for years. Operated by three brothers, they are oriented towards vegans, with a selection of fresh, organic vegetables and fruits, grains, beans, and legumes in bulk, and some packaged foods. A related vegan restaurant upstairs is open for lunch only, when they are open. Bioshop is a loose affiliation of independent organic health food shops in Belgium.
Carnivores are not excluded at Den Teepot, but Barn Bio chain carries organic beef, ground pork, and chicken. They have four shops in the Brussels area and one in Antwerp. To their credit, Barn Bio lists their suppliers on their website. A local supplier is Ecodal in Lennik, who supply them with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, and other fruit and vegetables. Another local supplier is BioVibe, a wholesaler of organic fruit and vegetables in Sint-Katelijne-Waver near Mechelen. A further local supplier is EcoVeg in Assenede, who supply paprika, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli. Still another supplier is BioGourMed SPRL in Wavre, who supply them with organic produce from Spain. Barn Bio also carries locally grown mushrooms from Le Champignon de Bruxelles and locally produced organic chocolate from Nao. Their prices are competitive with the supermarkets. To keep costs low and avoid packaging waste, they ask you to bring your own container and packaging. You can also buy containers there.
Färm is another chain of organic shops in Brussels, Leuven, and elsewhere in Belgium. Their business name is pronounced like “ferme” in French, spelled like “farm” in English, but with a German umlaut. This is a cute name, but it can be confusing at first, if you do not already speak and read German, French, and English. They are clearly aiming for the European market, and their prices tend to reflect this. They have some fresh produce, but they tend to fill their shops with packaged goods. They appear to list their local produce suppliers on their website. Interbio is a distributor of organic vegetables and fruits that supplies Färm and other retail customers all over Belgium. They also have a transparent supplier list.
Since 2017, Bees Coop, Van Hovestraat 19, Schaerbeek is a food co-operative. In exchange for a purchase of no-dividend shares for at least 100 € and working three hours every four weeks, members buy fresh fruits and vegetables and other products.
Roots Store, Rue Franklinstraat 44, near Schuman, has a concept of traceability. They say that they know where all their items come from and how they are made. They carry fruits, vegetables, nuts, bulk cereals and legumes, dairy, dairy, and cosmetics. They accepts orders for locally sourced meat until 10 am for delivery Friday or Saturday.
Since 1988, still another local chain of organic food shops is Sequoia, but they do not list their suppliers. They appear to be oriented toward vegetarians and vegans only. If you bring your own washable and reusable containers, you can get five percent off their prices of vegetables, fruits, and bulk products. Similarly, Origin’O is another local chain of organic shops, but they do not list their suppliers either.
The Food Hub is still another organic shop. They buy mostly from small- and mid-sized local farmers, many of whom are local. They list their suppliers on their website. They also take orders online and deliver. They have a shop in Molenbeek on the canal near Metro Comte de Flandre and another shop in Leuven next to the train station.
If you want to buy and eat organic food in Brussels, you are spoilt for choice. Are you looking for one near you? Use this interactive map.
Competing with the retailers is La Rigaudière, an organic farm near Tournai. They receive orders online from Monday to Wednesday, and then they deliver to various drop-off points in Brussels. You can choose your basket of vegetables. They offer a variety of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, including imported ones.
Seizoensmaak.be is a local farm in Londerzeel that delivers their fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, eggs, and meat to various pickup points in the Brussels area.
Vertdiris is a local gardeners’ cooperative in Anderlecht, near the Erasmus hospital. Headed by Fred Morant, they offer installation of raised bed gardens of recycled plastic, training programs for gardeners, and an online shop for fruits and vegetables. They deliver to various local pickup points or directly for a minimum order of 100 €.
Meat
One source of organic meat in Brussels is Coprosain, a farme’s cooperative that favors small-scale, pasture-raised production. They attend various weekly farmers’ markets in Brussels.
Another source of meat in Brussels is Boucherie Dierendonck, rue . They also operate a restaurant in Koksijde. They have a small chain of shops, including one at Rue Sainte-Catherine 23. They also sell online, and they advocate small-scale, pasture-raised production.
Listing
This article includes details of some local, organic farms that supply the chains. It also includes some organic producers listed by Nature & Progres, BioForum in Flanders (or for business customers only), and their cousin in Wallonia, BioWallonie. We visited the following farms and learned the following:
Maxime Steeenhaut
Les Potagers de Chaumont
Chemin du Dieu Aimant, 1
1325 Chaumont
0476/761 003
maxime.steenhaut@gmail.com
They supply The Barn Bio with local, seasonal organic vegetables and fruit. Their own shop is closed because of covid policy as of 12/2/21.
Nicolas et Natalie
La Ferme des Noyers
31 rue des Corbeaux
1325 Corroy-le-Grand
010/688 930
fdnoyers@gmail.com
They supply The Barn Bio with organic beef, turkey, lamb, eggs, and vegetables (?). Order online before Wednesday 19h for pickup in the shop Friday morning until 13h. Surplus to orders is available at 15h. Order online before Thursday 19h for pickup in the shop Saturday morning until 13h. Surplus to orders is available at 3 pm.
La Ferme du Chant des Cailles
avenue des Cailles (en face du n°32)
1170 Watermael-Boitsfort
Open Sundays 13h – 17h, March to October, they have an organic farm with a CSA (self-harvest) concept (Agriculture Soutenue par la Communauté/ASC). Membership is 270 – 450 € per year. They have a waiting list to join.
La Finca
Perkstraat (prox. av. Du Roy Deblicky et rue de la Limite)
Wezembeek-Oppem 1970
Cooperative farm at the end of tram 39, which leaves from Metro Montgomery. They offer shares in exchange for discounts at their shop. They also have a non-profit, where you can work four hour per month in exchange for a discount at the shop.
Nathalie Bodart
Ferme du Trieu
22 rue du Trieu Gilson
6280 Joncret
071/322 091
nathaliebodart1@gmail.com
They supply GASAP (group purchases direct from the farm) in Brussels with vegetables, grains, and yogurt. They also have their own shop, which is open Saturdays 10-11h30. You order Tuesday for pickup Wednesday, or else you order Thursday evening for pickup Friday or Saturday.
JL Feyers, Nicolas Feyers
Ferme du Grand Bois
Rue des Hauts Droits, 99
6280 Lausprelle (Gerpinnes)
071-501 178
JL – 0473/816 000, Nicolas – 0476/886 172
They have a shop open Monday to Friday, 16-18h and Saturday 10-14h. They offer organic eggs, chickens, seasonal vegetables, and potatoes.
Andy De Paepe
Le Jardin des Saules
Chaussée de Nivelles 76
1461 Haut-Ittre
They supply local, seasonal (and some imported) vegetables, fruits, milled flour (wheat, spelt, rye), pasta, honey, and juice. They also offer a contract weekly vegetable basket – leaf, root, flower, herb (AMAP). Their shop is open Fridays 10-18h and Saturdays 10-16h. Seasonal vegetables and fruits.
Le Champignon de Bruxelles
Les Caves de Cureghem
rue Ropsy Chaudron 24, boite 26
1070 Bruxelles
0496-60 38 27
info@lechampignondebruxelles.be
They supply The Barn Bio with shitake, maitake, oyster mushrooms, and other mushrooms. They feed their mushrooms the dregs of organic beer and wood pellets (nitrogen and carbon). They also offer two-hour guided tours of their 3.000 square metre mushroom farm in the cellar underneath the former Anderlecht slaughterhouse. They show you an overview of their process and production. If you eat mushrooms, it is worth a tour. Above ground on that site is the open air covered market (between Metro Clemenceau and Delacroix) open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 7h to 14h. There you can buy mostly conventional vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish.
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Madame D’halluin
Ferme du Four à Verre
Ferme de Four à Verre, 1
6441 Erpion
071/703.920
0497/535.337
They supply Farm and The Barn Bio with eggs. They say that they are the only farm in Belgium to produce, harvest and process most of the food they feed their chickens. So they are more than 70% self-sufficient.
Gwenaël du Bus
la Ferme du Peuplier
Rue de la Bryle, 59
1390 Bossut Gottechain
tel – +32(493) 19 18 99
info@lafermedupeuplier.be
They supply open air markets in Brussels every day all week long with organic vegetables.
Bio Champ d’Ail sprl
rue de la Vallée 11
6120 Ham-sur-Heure (Nalinnes)
tel – 071-217 858, 0476-475 638
They grow fruits and vegetables, including leeks, cauliflower, broccoli, and potatoes, pumpkins, courgettes, cabbages, and others. They supply farmers’ markets in Wallonia, the organic market every Wednesday morning at Place Saint-Cahterine, and a buyers’ group in Brussels.
Jardin d’Arthey
Rue d’Arthey, 1
5080 Bruyère
Organic co-operative growing project offers a yearly subscription for a weekly basket of vegetables. Also has a four-room house for rent by the week. 1 KM from Rhisnes train stration.
Le Début des Haricots asbl
Maison de la Paix
rue Van Elewyck 35
1050 Ixelles
Mostly a political action committee, but they also claim to offer useful services to those who plan their own organic garden. They have a list of projects.
Françoise Walthéry (communication), Laurence Lewalle (coordination)
Les Groupements d’Achats Solidaires de l’Agriculture Paysanne (GASAP)
Rue de la Croix de Pierre, 85
1060 Saint-Gilles
Rue Fritz Toussaint 8 – Boîte A1
1050 Ixelles
T. : 0487 90 62 69
https://gasap.be/, corodination@
– emailed 25 jan
Didier Crick
Les Paniers Verts
Rue du Centre 71
1404 Bornival, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/lespaniersverts
tel – 0479 17 08 57
Fruit & Vegetable Store · Farm · Agricultural Cooperative
Philippe Carré
Les Folies Maraichères
Rue du Commerce 147
7370 Elouges
+32 478 51 68 22
philippe.carre@skynet.be
Commandez vos fruits et légumes bio via le site Internet et réceptionnez la commande dans un point de dépôt (plus de livraison à domicile).
Ferme Nos Pilifs is one of the very few farms still left in the nineteen communes. They hired the disabled to pack and ship weekly boxes of their production of vegetables and fruits (Ateliers Protegés). The catch is that you do not get to choose what you receive in your weekly delivery.
De Groentelaar is a small local farm that also supplies the The Barn Bio Market. They grow organic vegetables in Pepingen. Since 2020, they raise chickens and produce eggs.
De Wakkere Akker
Blakstraat 53
3020 Herent
dewakkereakker@gmail.com
Jonas Vleugels 0486-413 478
Sam De Wandel 0475 711 730
Nik Smets 0484-719 831
This is an organic self-harvest (CSA) farm near Leuven. They present their farm on certain evenings, but the presentation on 28 March was cancelled. Individual visits are possible. Membership is 325 € per year for an adult.
De Witte Beek
achter de huizen van Hoogstraat 38 – 46
3360 Bierbeek
Jen Nold
info(at)dewittebeek.be
0479-530 066
This is another organic self-harvest (CSA) farm south of Leuven. Membership is 360 € per year for an adult.
oogsttuin Eoster
Meistraat
Pellenberg
petervanvinckenroye(apestaartje)telenet.be
This is another organic self-harvest (CSA) farm. For visits, call Peter on 0471/070 258, 016-445 127. Membership is 450 € per year for an adult.
Legumenhofke
Grote Keistraat
Neerijse
Greet, info(at)legumenhofke.be of 0486/057 434.
They have a CSA concept, but appear to deliver weekly baskets to pick-up locations. A share is 540 € or 15.43 per basket.
Nao.bio
– Brussels chocolate factory supplies the The Barn, Färm and others. Also offers chocolate in bulk.
Julien Hanse
Le champ de l’Alouette
36, Rue du Pont d’Yves
5650 Yves-Gomezée (Walcourt)
This farm appears to have been closed.
CourJette
Schapenweg
1090 Jette
courjette@ateliergrooteiland.be
This CSA (self-harvest) farm is already fully subscribed for 2021 for 365 € per year.
La Ferme du GaSi
Chaussée de Namur 99b
1315 Incourt
lafermedugasi@gmail.com
store open Wednesday and Saturday, 10-17h, Friday, 10-18h
They grow organic fruits and vegetables and also import produce. Their website has an updated list of available fruits, vegetables, and prices. You can also find them at weekly open air markets.
La Ferme Sainte Barbe
APJ sprl – « Ferme de Sainte Barbe »
Chavée aux lapins, 12 – 1350 Orp le Grand
Tél. : 019/63.22.85 – Fax : 019/63.43.85
info@fermesaintebarbe.be
Facebook page
Since 1999, they grow organic produce. They have a store open Fridayi 15H30 to 18h30 and Saturday from 8H00 tp 15H00. They also offer to select and deliver a weekly basket of vegetables and fruits, some from their production and some imported. They cooperate with Terre en Vue.
Agricovert Scrl fs
Chaussée de Wavre 37
5030 Gembloux
tel. – 081 61 52 89
agricovert@gmail.com
“Agricovert est une coopérative agricole écologique qui rassemble différents producteurs de la région avec pour but principal de vendre leurs produits locaux à un prix juste et viable.” They cooperate with Terre en Vue. They deliver to various depots in Brussels on Fridays.
Peter et Barbara De Cock-Vissenaekens
La Bergerie d’Acremont
Rue de Bernifa 17
6880 Acremont (Bertrix)
tel/fax- 061/535 435
email – info@bergerie-acremont.be
Facebook page
Since 1999, they have a sheep farm. They now have 250 sheep. They produce raw and pasteurized milk, yogurt, and cheese. During the school year, they are open Saturday from 14h to 17h and Thursday from 17h to 19h.
Can you read Dutch? Interested in starting a garden? Eetbare Tuin is an excellent resource with many articles and videos, some of them in English.
The Food Hub
wAndercoop
Färm
Bio Guide – Bxl – list of producers
Credal – since 1984, “un organisme financier alternatif” that finances agricultural and other projects.
De Landgenoten – kopen en beheren landbouwgrond en verhuren die aan bioboeren.
Jarno en Lisa Claeys
Braamstraat 5
8740 Pittem, Belgium
tel – 0486 23 09 89
From De Landgenoten, he is looking for more land. They have an organic market garden.
Terre en Vue
Gembloux
They have a cooperative that sells shares and then buys lands for small-scale farming. According to their latest annual report, “Les terres s’acquièrent actuellement pour environ 10-15 000 €/ha pour des prairies et pour environ 30-50 000 €/ha pour des terres de culture. À noter qu’un observatoire officiel des prix des terres en Wallonie a été mis en place en janvier 2017 sur l’initiative du Ministre de l’agriculture, avec la collaboration des notaires. Le rapport 2020 relatif aux transactions 2019 donne un prix moyen à l’hectare de 28 000 € pour des terres situées exclusivement en zone agricole. Le loyer correspondant s’élève à peine à 200€/ha/an en moyenne sur la Wallonie.”
One of their farms has an open house Saturday 3 July –
Ferme de la Jussière
rue de la Jussière, 9 (88,29 km)
5670 Vierves
0477 79 86 28
www.fermedelajussiere.blogspot.com
Toubio société agricole
Tournel-Lefèvre
Rue de Boignée, 7
6224 Wanfercée-Baulet
Tel : 071 / 81 59 10
Fax : 071 / 80 03 62
Mail : info@toubio.be
Supplies Bio Barn.
ooexperience
Xavier Anciaux
68 rue de la victoire
5380 Noville-les-bois
Tel – 081 510 166, 0498 321 481
info@ooexperience.be
Offers courses (in French) about market gardening via Maraichers paysans., an email list to market gardeners with some related income. Also has subscriptions to pick-it-yourself vegetable gardens.
Fan(e)s de carotte SCRL-FS
3 Rue du flament
7090 Braine-le-Comte
En face de la ferme des 5 épines
Téléphone: +32 0477 81 55 48
Email: contact@fanesdecarotte.be
“On about 2,5 hectares, we are three (Florence, Lucia and Manu) to cultivate a traditional kitchen garden (about 50 different vegetables) certified organic. Our baskets are 100% “home-made” from June to December. The other months we offer vegetables from elsewhere. We made this choice for several reasons. First, we do not have an exceptional storage capacity. This means that we can’t do a lot of “storage” vegetables (mainly roots). Second, winter baskets are often mostly cabbage, and the goal is not to make you sick. Most of all, it is difficult (impossible) to survive economically if we had to stop the activity for several months.”
BioGourMed SPRL
Rue de Grimohaye 53,
1300 Wavre
Belgique
Tel.: +32 476 503 608
“BioGourMed is a wholesaler of organic products founded in 2016. We market, in short circuit, organic Mediterranean products of gourmet quality. Our suppliers must demonstrate environmental and social responsibility. Our manager, Santiago Blasco, an engineer, has extensive experience in the distribution and marketing of food products acquired mainly in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium.” Supplies Bio Barn.
RadisKale
Rue de Neerpede
1070 Anderlecht
Web : https://www.radiskale.be/
RadisKale is a cooperative including a staff of six growers on a 1.5 hectare plot of land located in Neerpede (Anderlecht), supplying year-round vegetables but also fruits, berries, edible flowers, herbs and mushrooms to the Brussels market.
Once a year in September, Nature et Progrès, a Belgian promoter of organic gardening, organizes a conference in Namur, with the theme of organic gardening and healthy living. Among the suppliers attending the 2023 conference were the following:
Associations
Cercles des Naturalistes de Belgique
ConsomAction
CultureContact
Déclic en Perspectives
Emotion Planet
Folia Officinalis asbl
Protection des Oiseaux asbl
Union Belge des Herboristes vzw
Food
Chèvrerie du Moulin du Wez
Diversifruits asbl
Eleonas sprl
Flax & Stitch – re-usable food bags
Ginger Jack – ginger juice
Jeanflore
Cleaning products
Indigène – cleaning products
Clothes
Coolman – woolen clothes made in France
Fils Naturels – shoes made in France of natural fibers
Gerberei Oechslen Gmbh
Greensleep
Kalani SA – home textiles
