Door Reinier van der Starre, MSc student Het melkveehouderij/akkerbouw bedrijf van mijn familie in de Wieringermeer wordt bedreigd door de planvorming voor het Wieringerrandmeer. Dit proces volg ik dus al jaren van dichtbij. Wat mij opgevallen is, is dat mijn familie maar ook andere boeren ...
Door Dirk Roep op 06-24-2010 15:44
Yesterday (Tuesday) 42 first year students , Paul Hebinck and I visited two Dutch farms for the course ‘Agricultural and Rural Development: Sociological Perspectives’ ( RSO 20806 ). We firstly visited the multifunctional farm ‘ Eemlandhoeve’ of Jan Huigen. In an inspiring talk, J...
Door Dirk Roep op 06-02-2010 20:57
As I announced in a blog on the 31st of March, the Urban Performance Group of the University of Brighton (UK) will host the second European Sustainable Food Planning Conference on 29 and 30 October 2010 . Planning for sustainable food production and consumption is an increasingly important i...
Door Dirk Roep op 05-20-2010 22:26
By Corinna Feldmann - MSc Student Food boxes I already spent one month at the farm in Nettelkamp (Lüneburger Heide) – it is quite amazing here. Each day a lot of food boxes are filled with good organic products and delivered to couples, families and companies. I like the idea of su...
Door Dirk Roep op 05-12-2010 10:04
By Corinna Feldmann - MSc Student After two months of practical work at the sheep farm and dairy, I decided to leave that place. Working conditions as well as social interaction and communication on the farm became worse and worse; the assignment of tasks and responsibilities was very uncl...
Door Dirk Roep op 04-12-2010 10:30
By Renee Ciulla - Msc-student attending the course Origin Food: a market for identity On April 8th, the Origin Food course ( see earlier post ) was treated to a gastronomic excursion to the Rhederoord estate near the town of Arnhem in De Steeg. Located on 12 ha, the estate provides a mag...
Door Dirk Roep op 04-07-2010 14:15
As a follow-up of the first European Sustainable Food Planning Conference , which took place on 9 and 10 October 2009 in Almere (The Netherlands), the Urban Performance Group of the University of Brighton (UK) will host the second European Sustainable Food Planning Conference on 29 and 30 Octob...
Door Dirk Roep op 03-31-2010 10:28
Het is een samenwerking van 25 aspergetelers uit de gemeente Peel en Maas. De telersgroep werkt samen met een aantal lokale restaurants, kookstudio’s en recreatieondernemers, ook wel de vrienden van het AspergeGilde genoemd. Het AspergeGilde heeft de volgende doelstellingen: p...
Door Dirk Roep op 03-31-2010 09:41
Sustainability impact is one of the five themes of the course ‘Origin Food: a Market for Identity’ (see my earlier post for more info). Surfing on internet, looking for some empirical material on the importance of local food for local economies, we came across the work of Ken Meter...
Door Dirk Roep op 03-25-2010 12:48
By Corinna Feldmann - MSc Student March, 13th Life on the sheep farm is very busy right now. More and more lambs are getting born, which have to be fed and of course more sheep have to be milked. All the milk is now used for cheese production, as we are expecting many tourists during the Eas...
Door Dirk Roep op 03-22-2010 09:39