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

Reinventing Boerengroep

Reinventing Boerengroep

05/10/2023 @ 18:30 – 22:00 – 🌱 Join Us in Reinventing Boerengroep on October 5th at 18:30! 🌟 Hey everyone! We’ve got some exciting news to share. 🚀 we have an Alternative Break coming up for you. Instead of meeting at Onder de Linden, this thursday will be different😎 With Boerengroep, we’re embarking on a journey to reinvent ourselves, and we […]

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Farm Experience Internship 2023

17/07/2023 – 11/08/2023 @ All Day – Farm Experience Internship 2023 Hello people! Have you ever heard of the FEI? The Farm Internship Experience is an international summer course organized by Boerengroep, in collaboration with WUR, taking place in Wageningen. Both students and non-students are welcomed to join the course, with the possibility to get 3 ECTS for WUR students. What’s the […]

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Weekend Excursion Schiermonnikoog!

09/06/2023 – 11/06/2023 @ All Day – We will go to Schiermonnikoog from 9-11 June! We visit one of the farmers of the collective that down-scaled their dairy herd, to deal with the nitrogen crisis. Jan Willem Erisman wrote a book about their journey “De Melkvee Revolutie” – a (Dutch) must read for how the nitrogen crisis can be addressed with social […]

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Voedsel Anders Network Meet-up

26/05/2023 @ All Day – The organization Voedsel Anders, our ally in food system transformation is organizing a network meet-up on the 26th of May. Check out their website and the event to participate! General info: Sign up via the link on the event website Where? At de Eemlandhoeve. Bisschopsweg 7, 3752 LK Bunschoten-Spakenburg. When? 26 May 2023 from 13:00 […]

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Dreaming Session on Food Systems

Dreaming Session on Food Systems

20/04/2023 @ 19:30 – 21:30 – Boerengroep is organising a dreaming session next Thursday at the Superette! Time: 19:30-21:30 Location: Churchillweg 27, Wageningen In a ‘dreaming session’ we will explore our relationship to food and the food system, and think of alternative ways of relating. Hosted by Alex, they will guide us through this with prompts and questions. Food system change […]

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