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
The New Year’s Break: Get to know Boerengroep
12/01/2023 @ 20:00 – 23:00 – On Thursday 12th January, Boerengroep will start the year with a New Year’s break at Cafe Onder de Linden, from 20:00 onwards. If you have ever been curious to get to know Boerengroep and get involved in planning farm excursions or events related to the food system and sustainable agriculture, this is your chance. Join […]
Places of Hope & Resistance: Pilot#2 with Kapitaloceen
10/12/2022 @ 10:30 – 17:30 – Join Toekomstboeren, Aseed & Boerengroep for their second event of the project Places of Hope and Resistance with Kapitaloceen Welcome to Places of Hope & Resistance from Toekomstboeren (agroecological farmers’ organization), ASEED (short for “Action for Solidarity, Environment, Equality and Diversity,” an organization known for the “Food Autonomy Festival,” “Reclaim the Seeds” and actions such […]
Farm Excursion to Overesch Ecological Farm
03/12/2022 @ 12:00 – 17:30 – Boerengroep is organising the last excursion of the year to Overesch ecological farm! We will have a tour around the mixed farm with 800 pigs raised at very high standards and a mud pool (which was granted a year awared from the animal welfare organisation wakker dier), as well as arable farming used to grow […]
Movie Screening: To Which We Belong
28/11/2022 @ 20:30 – Boerengroep is having another movie screening of the movie To Which We Belong on Monday 28th November at Movie W (Wilhelminaweg 3A, 6703 CC, Wageningen), followed by a discussion, from 20:30 onwards, as part of the food.film.fest by Voedsel Anders. 🎥🍿 The movie tells the story of nine farmers and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices […]
Rediscovering Forgotten crops
16/11/2022 @ 18:00 – 19:30 – Do you know that around 6000 plants were historically cultivated for food but today only 12 plants feed 75 percent of the world’s population?? -FAO Let’s take a step toward rediscovering these “forgotten crops” which are also known as Neglected or Underutilized crops, abandoned crops, orphan crops, and traditional crops on 16th November Innovation Room, […]
GAN Regreening: Movie Screening of Honeyland
12/11/2022 @ 18:00 – 20:00 – As part of the GAN regreening, Boerengroep will be screening the movie Honeyland on Saturday 12th November at Thuis, Wageningen from 18:00 – 20:00, which will include snacks and a discussion! 🎥 The movie follows the story of beekeeper Hatidze who lives with her sick mother in the mountains of North Macedonia, where she extracts […]
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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…
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…
Internship Vacancy: Coordinate the Farm Experience Internship
Boerengroep is looking for and intern and volunteers to help organize the FEI! We have a vacancy for an intern and 4-5 volunteers from end-March until end-August, to organize the…