Network of organizations

Here is a list of all kinds of organizations that do interesting stuff, and with which Boerengroep is or has been (in the past 50 years) in contact. If you have questions about this list, or about the connection between Boerengroep and these organizations, don’t hesitate to ask, and send an email to st.boerengroep@wur.nl.

International

La Via Campesina – international peasant movement (see also their members)
Nyeleni European Food Sovereignty Movement
TNI – worldwide fellowship for scholar activists
FIAN – for the right to adequate food
Friends of the Earth International
ARC 2020
Save Our Soils
farmlandgrab.org (food crisis and the global land grab)
biodiversidadla.org (Latin American site on biodiversity and food sovereignty)
Slow Food Movement International
International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)
ETC International
Future Farmers Movement
Europafrica
Europese boerenvereniging
European Network for Rural Development
Forum Synergies
World Forum of Fisher People
UGENCI (International Network for Community Supported Agriculture)
ATTAC – towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives in the globalisation process
European Shepherds’ Network
Pollinator.org (protection and promotion of pollinators and their ecosystems)
Agroecology Europe

Per Country:

Netherlands

ToekomstBoeren aspirant-lid van Via Campesina
Aarde Boer Consument (ABC) (platform with farmers’ unions NAV, NMV, BD vereniging, Boerengroep etc)
Boerengroep (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding farming)
Nederlandse Melkveehouders Vakbond (NMV)
European Milk Board (EMB)
Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV)
Van Akker naar Bos
Stichting Boeren in het Bos (forest farmers)
ASEED (main organisor Reclaim the Seeds)
FIAN Netherlands (international human rights organisation that campaigns for the realisation of the right to food worldwide)
Herenboeren – Recht van eigen land in je winkelmand
Both ends
Milieudefensie
One World
Transition Network
Slow Food Movement Nederland
Youth Food Movement (YFM)
Foodlog (Nld)
Duurzaam Boer Blijven (duurzame melkveehouderij)
Boerenverstand (duurzame melkveehouderij)
IAAS Netherlands (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences)
Dutch Rural Network
Otherwise (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding agroecology)
RUW (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding farming)
Rural Sociology Wageningen (WUR; also for thesis/internship regarding Rural Sociology)
Louis Bolk Instituut
Vereniging voor Biologisch Dynamische Landbouw en Voeding
Netwerk GRONDig (Belangenorganisatie van en voor de grondgebonden melkveehouderij)
zip drill (Knowledge and equipment for Conservation Agriculture)
Science Shop Wageningen (supporting NGOs with academic research)

France

Conféderation Paysanne
L’Atelier Paysan
Terre & Humanisme – l’agroecologie a taille humane
Terre de Liens
Terre de liens, France (interesting document for future farmers!)
aGter
Mouvement Graines de Vie
Kokopelli (Production organic and bio-dynamic seeds)
Confédération nationale des syndicats des exploitants familiaux (MODEF)
Reseau Semance Paysanne

Belgium

Mouvement Action Paysanne (MAP)
Wervel (Werkgroep voor Rechtvaardige en Verantwoorde Landbouw)
CATAPA supports local communities (campesinos, indigenous peoples) in Latin America and Europe who are threatened by the mining industry.
Avani is bezig met het ontwikkelen van een lokaal voedselmodel, waarbij 10.000 adressen bediend worden met (h)eerlijke, betaalbare producten van eigen bodem.
Mouvement International de Jeunesse Agricole Catholique (MIJARC – Europe)
Fédération unie des groupements des éleveurs et agriculteurs (FUGEA).

UK

The Land Workers’ Alliance
- their Rural Manifesto
SPIN farming
Landshare: Sadly this doesn’t exist anymore. If you want to know more about how it worked, and what future ideas might be, read this article.
Sustainable Food Trust
Regenerative Agriculture (RAUK) is a network/training organisation which promotes Regenerative Agriculture by connecting the world’s leading pioneers with farmers and smallholders in the UK via short courses, seminars and workshops, and by facilitating peer-peer learning and practitioner lead experimentation and exploration
Global Justice Now / Food
Torth y Tir

Italy

Greece

Nea Aгpotikh Kinh εh (NEAK) – New Agricultural Movement of Greece

Austria

Netzwerk Existenzgründung in der Landwirtschaft (Network aiming to support start-ups in agriculture and forestry)
Österreichische Bergbauernvereinigung (Via Campesina).

Romania

Eco Ruralis – in support of organic and traditional farmers

Denmark

Frie Bøender

Finland

Etelä – Suomen Luonnonmukaisen Viljelyn Yhdistys (Esvy-ry)

Norway

Norske bonde – og Smabrukarlag (NBS)

Georgia

Elkana – Biological Farming Association

Colombia

Brazil

AS-PTA – Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa. AS-PTA’s mission is to support capacity building and institutional policies of family farming organisations so that they increasingly assume a leading role in the formulation and defense of rural development patterns that combine social equity, economic viability and conservation of environmental resources. Read their magazine online

Cuba

Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños (National Association of Small Farmers)
Comités de Defensa de la Revolución (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution)
Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (National Labor Trade Union of Cuba)
Federación de lMujeres Cubanas (Federation of Cuban Women)
Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos (Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples)
Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples)
Red En Defensa de la Humanidad-Cuba (Network In Defense of Humanity – Cuba)
Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (Union of Young Communists)
Federación Estudiantil Universitaria (University Students’ Federation)
Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes (Latin American and Caribbean Continental Students’ Organization)
Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de África, Asia y América Latina (Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America)

USA

Greenhorns
Agrarian Trust
Seed Savers Exchange
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) – non-profit organization that serves as a national link for grassroots organizations working on family farm issues. Fair Prices. Local Jobs. Fresh Foods
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) (alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities)
Organic Seed Alliance
National Young Farmers Coalition, NYFC (represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success)
Polyface Farm
EcoFarm