Elske Hageraats, boerin bij De Ommuurde Tuin, heeft een systeem van solidariteitsbetaling opgezet op de kleinschalige CSA De Ommuurde Tuin. Daarover is onlangs een artikel in NRC verschenen, wat nu achter een betaalmuur verdwenen is. Lees het artikel hier: Geïnteresseerd om mee te praten over Eerlijk Loon voor boeren en boerinnen? Kom dan naar … Read more
Dear friends, We have an exciting internship vacancy for you today! We’re looking for an intern who wants to help organize the Farm Experience Internship with Boerengroep and help develop the project of the Places of Hope and Resistance group in the national Agroecology Network. Note that this internship takes 5 months, from half of … Read more
2021 was our anniversary year.. and even though we had some fantastic events, interesting conversations about the past and future, and were able to welcome a lot of new, enthusiastic people in Boerengroep – it wasn’t exactly what we had imagined it to be. We put some time in organizing a big festival in the … Read more
Stichting Boerengroep zoekt per 1 mei 2022 een nieuwe coördinator! Stuur je CV en motivatiebrief vóór 28 februari naar st.boerengroep@wur.nl.
We have finished the magazine! It will soon be available in print and online. Stick around for the big announcement. So far, we wanted to already give a sneak preview of what you can expect (the page numbers are not up to date yet). The magazine has four big chapters: Peasants, Fair Price, Environment and … Read more
Boerengroep is looking for interns! Specifically for two interns (from April until August) who want to help organize the amazing Farm Experience Internship (FEI), a four-week summer course on agroecology. The FEI uses an integrated learning approach where theory and practice are combined. There’s two weeks full of workshops and excursions in Wageningen, and two … Read more
RUW and Otherwise organized several events and a research last year about the Impact of Collaboration. RUW has now released a report with the results of these activities. In it, they also make recommendations based on what people found important, and this with regard to Transparency, Decision Making (process and kind of companies for collaboration), … Read more
The Boerengroep Year Plan 2022 is here! We are proud to announce that topic that we will be working on in the coming year is (Un)Framing Farmers. This year’s theme for Boerengroep addresses a neglected bottleneck for achieving change in our society: the way we actively and passively frame farmers and farming systems. It is … Read more
Volunteers wanted! Sept 24: action in Utrecht during the Climate Strike The European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Bees and Farmers’ has collected 760,000 signatures. Will you help to reach 1 million (deadline Sept, 30)? On Friday, September 24 we will collect signatures on the Jaarbeursplein in Utrecht during the Climate Strike (Klimaatstaking). Your job as a … Read more
Dear agro-ecologists, GraanGeluk is looking for help with weeding and seed collection! When? Friday 27th of August, 19:00. It’s the field next to the Belmonte Arboretum, we meet at the crossing of the Generaal Foulkesweg and the Holleweg. GraanGeluk is looking for people to help for an hour or two on friday evening (27-8). On … Read more
