• 8:30 Bus departure in front of International Hotel  • 9:00 to 10:45 "Zarja grupa" Brezje Samoborsko, Sveta Nedelja (www.zarja.hr/english)

Zarja grupa d.o.o. is a market leader in production of fresh consumer tomatoes in the region. The production involves 3 ha of greenhouses using hydroponic cultivation technologies whose basic advantage is continuous harvest during the nine months of the year, i.e. from April to December. Soilless tomato ("cherry", "cocktail", "grapollo") under brand Zarja already have more than 10 years of presence in the market and have become synonymous for the highest quality tomatoes and superior taste.

• 11:30 to 13:15 Agricultural craft company "Agrosan" Novo Čiče, Velika Gorica

At the 50 hectares of the open field „Agrosan“ produces various vegetables for the fresh market (lettuce, endive, chicory, leeks, celeriac, carrots, parsley, cabbage, kale, broccoli, eggplant), and packs vegetables for soups. They produce seedlings for own vegetables production.

• 14:15 to 15:30 Krapina Neanderthal Museum, Krapina (www.mkn.mhz.hr/en)

The exhibition is set up as a time machine through the history of the Universe, the Earth and Man, leading up to the present day, and lays special emphasis on the Neanderthal period and Hušnjakovo habitat.

• 16:00 Lunch, „Klet Kozjak“, Sveti Križ Začretje (www.klet-kozjak.hr/eng/start.php)

• 19:00 Return to the Hotel

Preliminary schedule of technical and cultural visit of the 6th Balkan Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes