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.

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Upcoming events

Indian Farmers’ Protests

10/03/2021 @ 16:00 – 17:30 – 10/03/2021 4PM – 5:30PM Speakers tba Register in advance for this meeting/Registreer voor deze bijeenkomst: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sc-GprT4jE9FSBwUrvu6zhmH84AdpEivq [English below] In verschillende staten in India zijn boeren sinds begin augustus 2020 aan het protesteren. Ze zijn niet van plan te stoppen voordat drie nieuwe landbouwwetten ingetrokken worden. Die nieuwe wetten zullen naar verwachting hun kostwinning schaden en […]

Farmer’s Tales: Solawi Zabergäu

03/03/2021 @ 20:00 – 21:30 – Get ready for the third virtual Farmer’s Tale in the peasant farmers of Europe series! This time we are joined by Stefanie Wolf of SoLaWi (Solidarische Landwirtschaft) Zabergäu. The Demeter-certified farm is located in Brackenheim, Germany and founded upon nature-inclusive practices. The role of animals in a biodynamic system, organic seed propagation, and direct selling […]

Boerengroep 50 years: kick off. Farmers’ Protests with Jan Douwe van der Ploeg

15/02/2021 @ 19:30 – 21:00 – We chose the symbolic date of 15th of February, when, 50 years ago, the first farmers’ actions against Mansholt’s policy happened in Brussels. We will look back on these protests, as well as last year’s protest actions, to discuss what effects farmers’ protests have and could have. What are the differences between then and now? […]

Farmer’s Tales: Arvaia & Fattoria Rio Selva

17/12/2020 @ 20:00 – 21:30 – Get ready for the second online conversation in the virtual Farmer’s Tales series! This time we are joined by speakers from Arvaia and Fattoria Rio Selva, two multi-faceted examples of community supported agriculture (CSA) in the Italian context.  Together we can explore how to build resilient agricultural communities by discussing solidarity economy in practice, and […]

Behind the image of WUR: stories of conflicting visions

07/12/2020 @ 16:30 – 18:00 – Monday the 7th of December is Unilever’s one-year anniversary of having a building on the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) campus. To mark this occasion Boerengroep, RUW, XR Wageningen, Amnesty International Wageningen Student Group, and ASEED Europe have come together to organise an interactive online webinar. During this event we will hear from a teacher, […]

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