Boerengroep is looking for a chair – APPLY NOW!

Our dearest Boerengroep is looking for a new, responsible Chair member that helps us to organise and chair board meetings! Are you interested in joining us? Apply now! Requirements: Availability for one year Preferably Dutch-speaking As a chair you are: • Being the face of Boerengroep for people outside the organisation • Organising and chairing … Read more

Dear Dairy..

14-03-2023 Mirte van den Bos Scope 1 tot 3, natura2000, stikstofverbindingen, depositie, PAS. Het is tweede kerstdag, ik zit op een boerderij met een omgekeerde vlag. We vieren het dit jaar bij een familie waarvan de man al jaren boer is. Hij heeft een stal met koeien en een grote boerderij in het noorden. Het … Read more

The experience of starting a farming business as a young and new farmer

This page serves as notes for the Boerengroep Farmer’s Tale that took place on February 22nd, 2023. From Boerengroep, Rosh, Ruben and Daphne share their insights. Chris Chancelor, who farms together with Pauline Martel at Tuinderij het Lichtveen, talked about his and Pauliene’s experience starting off as young farmers in the Netherlands. They worked together … Read more

Series of workshops by Tuinderij het Lichtveen

Tuinderij het Lichtveen is offering a series of workshops on No-Dig and Crop Planning! The no-dig approach to gardening is becoming increasing popular across Europe & beyond – but how does it work & how can you implement it yourself in your moestuin or market garden? In the coming couple of months they are offering … Read more

Hoe kunnen hogere voedselprijzen inclusiever zijn?

It was probably obvious that CU’s Carola Schouten would be given interim acting responsibility for the recently unmanned portfolio of the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Given her experience in this particular area gained during her ministry in the Rutte III Cabinet, it might also seem quite logical to many people. However, there … Read more

The Beginner’s Guide to Boerengroep

Do you long for connection to the food-growing community? There are many paths in life that can lead a person to The Beginner’s Guide to Boerengroep – what matters the most is that you have arrived here. Whether you are new to Wageningen, or simply new to Boerengroep, you are probably aware of the importance … Read more

What’s going on with this nitrogen crisis?

Tractors blocking highways, angry farmers, Dutch flags that are turned upside down, the minister of agriculture resigns and Dutch society seems increasingly polarized around a common chemical compound called nitrogen. What is going on? Boerengroep has selected 8 articles plus a podcast and ordered them in themes, so you can get a full grasp of … Read more

A summer at the Farm Experience Internship: an agroecological experience!

Photo credits: Álvaro Micheletti Interviewed: Álvaro Micheletti (co-organizer of the FEI and Chair of Boerengroep) By: Anouk Borsboom (MOA-student and member of the Boerengroep) What is the Farm Experience Internship, why do you organise it? “In the practice of farming there are things that are not reducible to science. The FEI builds on and is … Read more

Boerengroep 50 Years Reunion

[Nederlands hieronder]   On May 21, the long-anticipated Boerengroep and Inspringtheater 50-year reunion finally took place. Finally, because the anniversary of this organization, which is close to many people’s hearts, was set for 2021. Back in 2019, we started thinking about all the great things we could do, but then came – and this is … Read more