Farmer driven transformation: next grassroots-science seminar

As announced earlier, St. Boerengroep and St. Otherwise organize a serie of seminars called Grassroots science: socially driven alternatives that tackle global problems. Next one will be on Monday May, 14, starting 19.30, in the Forum building. See the announced below and register a seat here: Farmer driven transformation in the Netherlands: sustainable practices and struggles with [...]

BV Boerenverstand lanceert duurzaamheidscertificaat – beloning voor actieve bijdrage aan vergroenen van de landbouw

In de Nieuwe Oogst van 15 maart stond het bericht dat de Eurocommissaris van Landbouw Ciolos een officieel duurzaamheidscertificaat wil aanvaarden als bewijs van vergroening van de landbouw. Het stimuleren van een vergroening van de landbouw wordt bepleit bij de hervorming van het Gemeenschappelijk Landbouw Beleid. Dit zal zijn weg moeten vinden via beleidsmaatregelen en wat als bewijs van vergroening [...]

Tim Lang – key note speaker Food Film Festival 2012

In an earlier post the Food Film Festival 2012, organized by the Youth Food Movement, was announced. The key note on sustainable food provision by Tim Lang, Professor Food Policy at the  City University London, was one of the higlights. A video of his key note has been uploaded by Gerbrand Oudenaarde at Vimeo (see video below), including a short  review in Dutch. [...]

Four more DERREG films: 9 films in total

Earlier I reported (see post) on the five short films made of the DERREG case study areas. Next to  films of Comarca de Verin (Spain), Alytus (Lithuania), Westerkwartier (Netherlands), Roscommon (Ireland) and Regierungsbezirk Dresden (Germany), four more have been uploaded at the You Tube DERREG Films Channel:  a second one on Regieringsbezirk Dresden, one on Saarland (Germany), the South Moravian region (Czech Republic) and one on Oevre [...]

DERREG Special Issues European Countryside

The EU FP7 funded project DERREG has come to an end, but various publications are foreseen. The first set of 11 articles are published in two Special Issues of the European Countryside, an open access Journal, edited by Michael Woods and John McDonagh: Special Issue 1: Volume 3, Number 3 / 2011 Special Issue 2: Volume 4, Number [...]

Ontwerpwedstrijd Veehouderij voor studenten – verdien €1000

Samen met Wageningen UR Livestock Research, die een eigen ontwerp aanpak heeft ontwikkeld (rapport: Reflexief interactief ontwerpen) organiseert de Boerengroep een ontwerpwedstrijd voor de veehouderij. Uit de toelichting: De toekomst van de veehouderij in Nederland staat ter discussie. Extra aandacht is nodig voor dierenwelzijn, diergezondheid, volksgezondheid, landschap en milieu met behoud van het inkomen van [...]

SOLINSA video: what is SOLINSA about in a nutshell

Februari 1 and 2 we had our third SOLINSA project meeting in Paris. Apart from discussing the proceedings in the different Workpackages (see www.solinsa.net for more information and results) we had a workshop dedicated to making Participatory Video’s. In the workshop lead by Catcher Media and Chris High from the Open University, we as team of researchers learned to [...]

Food Film Festival 2012, March 16-18

The Food Film Festival 2012, March 16 – 18 in Amsterdam, is an event initaited and organised by the Dutch branch of the Youth Food Movement. It promises an interesting mix of films, workshops, events and even a specific food festival for kids. See the programme at the website or the pdf here. Tim Lang will close the festival with a key note. [...]

Origin Food: a market for identity – course starts again March 12

The course Origin Food: a market for identity will start again on Monday, March 12. The course is obligatory in the specialization Gastronomy of the Master Food Technology, but open to students from other masters as well. Last two years students from various masters and nationalities and an interest in food products with a Geographical Indication attended [...]

5 DERREG films: Dresden (G), Roscommon (Irl), Comarca de Verin (Sp) and Westerkwartier (NL)

Students from the University of Aberytswyth, assigned by DERREG coordinator Michael Woods and instructed by the respective partners, made video clips of four case study areas to highlight some of the particular developments in these rural regions. The video clips of Comarca de Verin (Spain), Roscommon (Ireland), the Westerkwartier (NL) and the two video clips of Regierungsbezirk Dresden Part 1 en Dresden Part 2 (Germany), are [...]