Farm Experience Internship 2020 by Shumaila Shaikh The Farm Experience Internship (FEI), a 3 ECTS summer program on Agroecology was offered by Boerengroep a critical students association for the 7th time this year in the months of July and August. The FEI is constructed with an aim to explore the diverse aspects of Agroecology as … Read more
This is the recording of our Boerengroep event “Agriculture in the face of drought”, which took place on the 24rd of June 2020. This event deals with the drought in the Netherlands, and the best water management policies are discussed from the point of view of a researcher, a water board member and a small-scale … Read more
On the 3d of June, we had a webinar about seed saving. The goal of this meeting was to exchange on the topic but also to explore the idea of a seed saving circle in Wageningen. If you have been following our recent activities, you probably know Chris from Pluktuin Sayuran by now ! For … Read more
In this video, which replaces the FEI kick-off that we would normally make an event around, we explore what agroecology means for these farmers that we work together with, and we learn about the origins of the FEI, and how it ended up in the Netherlands, about 8 years ago. Are you curious about the … Read more
Let’s gain some insight into the perspective of farmers during the changes that are currently affecting all of us. This week, in the first episode of the online Farmers’ Tales, we give the word to Chris Chancellor, farmer at Pluktuin Sayuran! What are the online farmers’ tales? Because of the Corona-measurements, Stichting Boerengroep and Stichting … Read more
Here you can (re-)watch the presentation given by Niek Pepels during our event on the 12th of May 2020 (the first minute is missing, sorry for that): It has been known for a while that our global phosphorous reserves are diminishing due to an increasing demand of the nutrient in the fertilizer industry. The mining … Read more
By Louise Vercruysse, Joost Sleiderink, Aron Ortega, Esther van Hoof & Pablo Van Neste Join our event The phosphorus crisis: an alternative look from the forest , online, on the 12th of May! Phosphorus, Phosphate, P-levels are probably terms you have heard of in chemistry, biology or geology class. It is one of the essential … Read more
Today, April 17, is the International Day of Peasant Struggle – a day to highlight the persecution and violence suffered by peasants and farmers around the world on a daily basis as a result of neoliberal policies. This year, peasants face a new challenge of yet another sanitary crisis. Our focus is on France and … Read more
Boerengroep is made by a multitude of people, and we thought it’d be nice to regularly introduce one of our board members in the form of a small interview. Who are the people in Boerengroep? Where do they come from? And what do they see in Boerengroep? This week we’re happy to share some facts … Read more
Onlangs heeft Boerengroep een enquête ingevuld voor een ACT-onderzoek naar de bestaande agro-ecologische netwerken in Nederland, met als doel om te kijken op welke manier deze beweging nog versterkt zou kunnen worden. Hieronder het resultaat, in een pdf-booklet.
