After almost 5 years the Interreg NWE project FABulous Farmers is coming to an end. During the project we’ve built a solid partnership and worked closely with farmers, citizens, policy makers and other stakeholders in our 14 pilot regions.
At the Closing Conference we’ll share a flavour of the many activities we organised and the outcomes we achieved during the project.
Partners, associated partners, farmers and everybody interested in the outcomes of the project are all welcome to join us! Read More
INVITATION
On monday the 26the of June at 10H, l'Association des Chambres d'Agriculture de l'Arc Atlantique organise a webinar on 'How to support the implementation of functional agro-biodiversity measures?'
A detailed programme will follow.
We invite you to register to receive the information and the connection link: Registration
(This webinar will be organised in French) Read More
On Friday the 16th of June a masterclass will take place on ‘How to make a business model out of your FAB*-measure?’. This masterclass will be organized by the NWE Interreg FABulous Farmers team and will elaborate on the opportunities of creating added value to your products or services through FAB-measures. We will demonstrate this using some examples of business cases. The goal of this masterclass is to inspire farmers and value chain actors with the possible opportunities of collaborations to market products or services produced through FAB-measures.
*FAB = Functional AgroBiodiversity (more on FAB-measures on www.fabulousfarmers.eu)
This masterclass will be organised in English. Read More
Come and visit pilot regions Zeeland and West-Brabant!
During this FABulous Farmers exchange farmers and project partners are welcome in the Netherlands. During the 2-day-event we update you on the work done in FABulous Farmers, combined with field visits. On Wednesday we visit an arable farmer in Zeeland. We end the day with a nice dinner in the city of Goes. On Thursday we visit trial fields and a dairy farm in West-Brabant. Read More
Fodder beet, back from nowhere ... In five years, the area under this crop has increased by about 20%. The (practical) research did not stand still either. So time to come out with the results!
During this webinar, we take a closer look at the usefulness of fodder beet in crop rotation plans. You will learn all about variety choice, diseases, storage and valorisation on your farm. Read More
A good flower strip attracts many beneficial insects, including natural enemies that can control pests in adjacent agricultural crops. We call this useful and free service from nature functional agrobiodiversity or FAB. Read More
Join North Wales Wildlife Trust, the Welsh Dee Trust and Ben Raskin from the Soil Association for a farm tour of Argoed Farm near Mold, looking at the utilisation of trees, woodchip and soil health on a dairy farm. Read More
The Flemish consortium of the Interreg-NWE project 'FABulous Farmers' invites Minister Brouns together with farmers for a site visit in Laakdal. Many farmers apply Functional Agrobiodiversity (FAB) measures. By doing so, they increase the biodiversity in and around their fields and also enjoy the benefits themselves in their operations. FAB thus makes it possible to combine productivity and sustainable agriculture. During this explanation and demonstration, we show what drives farmers and the added value for society. With the 10 policy recommendations, the consortium wants to encourage the minister to pay more attention to FAB in policy. Encouraging FAB measures lowers the threshold to invest in FAB. Minister of Agriculture, Jo Brouns explains the vision of the government. During the site visit, project results as they are now will be explained. Read More
Masterclass - how to start with reduced tillage?
For this masterclass we will start with an introduction on the topic; Why should you start with reduced tillage? What are the costs and benefits? Both financial and in terms of eco-system services? How to start with reduced tillage? what types of reduced tillage and related machinery exist? As main experts we have invited Frédéric Thomas (FR), farmer and expert on conversation agriculture and John Lee (UK), farmer with experience in strip till. Read More
During this masterclass we aim for an in-depth discussion about the most successful strategies to effectively use organic matter within the tolerable legal limits. Dr. Ir. Gera van Os (AERES Hogeschool, NL), expert on sustainable soil management in the Netherland will introduce the topic. Dr. Ir. Koen Willekens ILVO, BE) expert on Soil management in Belgium will discuss the challenges of on- farm composting. Finally we have invited farmer Clive Baley (UK) to share his practical experience with organic matter input on his farm. Read More
