Boerengroep 
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
What is your name? Maarten de Graaff Where are you from? I’m from the Netherlands. Do you have a farming background? Not at all. I come from the Randstad. What do you study? I have a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in Organic Agriculture. Who found who first? You or the Boerengroep? (How did … 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
Pluktuin Sayuran is an agroecological no-dig market garden based within the pre-existing Pluktuin de Bosrand. It produces a wide variety of vegetables, fruit and edible flowers throughout the growing season, which you can harvest yourself during opening hours. Payment is by weight or piece, depending on the product, and there is no need for a … Read more
“Today the Nyéléni Food Sovereignty Movement in Europe and Central Asia (Nyéléni ECA) launches a practical tool to support and strengthen land struggles for small and medium-scale food producers and local communities. Land access issues, long since recognised in international and institutional spaces, are even more urgent in the current context: both due to the … 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
In 2021, Stichting Boerengroep and Stichting Inspringtheater are turning 50! We have plenty of fun activities and interesting events planned for this festive year, such as discussion evenings about different topics such as peasant farming, an exposition about Dutch agriculture in the past 50 years and a big festival! But… we are still … 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
