Who are we?
Stichting Boerengroep (Peasant Foundation) is a student foundation at Wageningen University that aims to connect the university (students, research, education) with the reality and challenges of farmers in the Netherlands and worldwide. In this way we fight for social, just and sustainable food production. We do this by bringing students into the fields and farmers into lecture rooms at the university.
Upcoming events
Farmers’ Tales: Journey of taking over a small veggie farm!
27/01/2020 @ 12:30 – 13:30 – After graduating the Organic Agriculture master at WUR only a couple of months ago, Lisa Fellmann would like to share her experience taking over a little vegetable farm in Amsterdam-West. She developed the business as part of her internship and now the Stadsgroenteboeren (City-vegetable-farmers) are up and running. Together with her friend and colleague Laura, […]
Boerengroep goes Biobeurs 2020
22/01/2020 @ 10:00 – 18:00 – Every January, the Dutch national organic fair takes place in Zwolle! Everyone who has something to do with organic agriculture will be there: you can visit stands, there are workshops and lectures to visit. If you have any interest in organic agriculture, this is an event that you can’t miss! Important note: […]
An artist’s view on the (protein) transition
13/01/2020 @ 19:30 – 21:30 – Arne Hendriks is – as artist in residence at the WUR – working on art that depicts the challenges and opportunities of the protein transition. Next Monday he will share with us what this transition could look like from an artistic point of view. It involves questions of (de)growth, a change of logic and some […]
Farmers’ Tales: Farming at the end of the World
13/12/2019 @ 12:30 – 13:30 – At the next Farmers’ Tales the floor will be taken by Jesse Opdam and Jessica Snoek! Together they will come to speak about the tales of the West Ardnamurchan Community Garden; an old crofters community of just 150 people in the most westerly part of the British mainland. Fresh local produce are provided to residents […]
Women’s Rights in Agriculture
09/12/2019 @ 19:00 – 21:00 – Come join us for an evening where we will look into the position of female farmers around the globe! Together with ActionAid we will talk about the obstacles female farmers face regarding land rights in Southern countries. In most African countries women are responsible for more than 80% of the small scale farming, but land […]
Critical Discussion About Unilever with Otherwise!
06/12/2019 @ 12:30 – 13:30 – On the 6th of December, Wageningen University welcomes the king of the Netherlands to open the new research center of Unilever on the campus. After Friesland Campina, the WUR now has another close partner in the business world that has it’s own building between the education and research buildings. As critical student organizations, Otherwise and […]
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