Previously, Marc had a dream to be a farmer and this definitely came true. Having worked for 6 years in the steel structure as a welder, he started on the farm in 1995.
Ever since the first day he started at the farm, Marc is called in when a machine or something is broken. So he invented and made a special machine, which can load potatoes, for Gehlmax.
Marc likes to ride with the New Holland on the land and the vast polder roads. In the winter, he likes to go skiing. And if possible he likes to drinks a beer at a party or drives his quad around.

The youngest resident of De Kandelaar is the daughter of Marc and Mariska. Marlies was born on July 29, 2011 in Zwolle and weighed just 1645 grams and was 41 cm long.

Marlies is now a happy toddler who enjoys going to school: De Zonnewijzer (‚Sundial‘) in Dronten since August 2015. She likes to play with her dog Pukkie. Her main interest is swimming and she has achieved 12 swimming diplomas so far and is now working hard to become an Aqua ranger. On the weekends she enjoys the Flevoscouts and recently she got into equestrian vaulting.

After his Higher Agricultural education in Dronten Joris has worked 9 years with Condor Agri-Systems.. Here he was working with management systems for cattle and pig on a daily basis. Since January 1, 2008, Joris works full-time our farm. Joris is primarily responsible for the care and management of dairy cattle.
In his spare time he enjoys watching football on TV. He has a season pass for PSV and you can find him at almost every home game in the stands behind the goal.

Since mid-2020, Lisette Maerman is a regular at De Kandelaar.
Lisette works at a large cheese factory and that is where her hobby of making her own cheese started. Now with Mariska, she has enthusiastically started making cheese from the milk produced by the cows at De Kandelaar.
In her spare time, Lisette can be found with her horse Laban. She also enjoys reading and socializing with Joris, Kaylee and her sons Björn and Jente.

Kaylee is Joris’ and Natasha’s. Born on November 29, 2010. A fast lady indeed, because she started walking around before her first birthday. Since november 2014 she enjoys going to school at "De Zonnewijzer” (Sundial) in Dronten.
After school she likes nothing more than to put on her overalls and take care of the cows with her dad. Kaylee is very agile and does equestrian vaulting and survival swimming. Recently she also started taking saxophone lessons.

After 3 years working as a sales representative in calf milk, Jos has been independent agricultural entrepreneur for over 40 years. Since January 2010 he moved to Dronten. Finally enjoying his retirement, but he is still a regular on the farm. When the boys are busy on the land he is still with the cows, but he mainly takes care of the plants, the chickens and the garden. In his spare time, Jos likes to watch football, cycling and other sports.