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2020
Newbie Award winners 2020: Pachagreens and Maïsterplan
08/09/2020 – held in Muizen, Belgium
Discussion Circle: How to hire labour in your new farm
08/09/2020 – held in Muizen, Belgium
Discussion circle: Business models in agricultural education
14/02/2020 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Newbie consortium meeting and field visits
03-06/02/2020 – held in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Steering Group Meeting
29/01/2020 – held in Leuven, Belgium
2019
Discussion Circle: Business models in Flanders and Malawi
19/11/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Cooperation in agriculture
17/09/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Newbie exchange: Belgian Newbies visit Ireland
01-03/07/2019
Steering Group Meeting
07/06/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Sustainable farming, the CAP, global versus local chains
09/05/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Agricultural cooperatives, do's and don'ts
30/04/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Opportunities and innovative business ideas to tackle opportunities in agriculture
28/03/2019 – held at HACK Belgium in Brussels, Belgium
Newbie Award winner 2019: Boer Olivier
15/03/2019 – held in Leuven, Belgium
2018
Discussion Circle: The future of agriculture, facing a changing environment
20/12/2018 – held in Aalter, Belgium
Discussion circle: Land banks as a solution to access to land
20/11/2018 – held in Brussels, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Developing a good farm business model
10/11/2018 – held in Ghent, Belgium
Discussion Circle: farm succession
08/11/2018 – held in Ghent, Belgium
Discussion Circle: The future of agriculture, succession in farming
19/10/2018 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Discussion Circle: Product marketing and social media
17/10/2018 – held in Zemst, Belgium
Steering Group Meeting
14/09/2018 – held in Leuven, Belgium
Dutch
1. Phone applications in agriculture
Access to knowledge
2. How cattle and nature preservation can go together
Access to land
3. Introducing the ``De Landgenoten`` system
Access to land
4. Inspirational story of ``Hof ter Meulen`` in Flanders
Access to capital
5. Green care, differences between the Netherlands and Belgium
Access to capital
6. Profitable vertical or rooftop farming?
Access to land
7. KRATOS subsidies for professional advice
Access to knowledge
8. Knowledge centre succession planning
Access to legal rights and status
9. Logistics for short supply chain
Access to market
10. Business model canvas
Access to capital
11. Hiring labour on your starting farm
Access to labour
Slovenian exchange to Belgium
Right before the Newbie project ends, the Belgian and Slovenian teams managed to organize a small exchange to talk about innovative marketing strategies and the role of the family on the farm. Our Belgian team invited 7 Slovenian guests (and one baby farmer) over: farmer Tilen and his wife, farmer Domen and his wife, farmer […]
Boer Steven is Belgan Newbie Award winner 2021
On the 8th of October our Belgian Newbie team announced the winner of the Newbie Award 2021. The winner was the one who scored highest on the combination of two attributes. On the one hand they had to convince our Steering Group of their creativity and innovativeness. On the other hand they had to gather […]
“Mediterraniann Slovenia” Study Tour with the last Slovenian Discussion Circle
Between 20th and 21th September 2021, Simon Stork (FH SWF, Germany) and Mertijn Moeyersons (KU Leuven, Belgium) joined the Slovenian Newbie team and national stakeholders on a tour through the Goriška Brda hilly region, the Vipava River valley and Slovenian Istria to meet several newbies and established farmers who are involved in different kinds of […]
Bundling forces across projects to develop an online course on business models in farming
Bundling forces across projects to develop an online course on business models in farming 8th September 2021, Leuven KU Leuven, ILVO, Rikolto, Odissee Hogeschool and the Fachhochschule Südwestfalen bundle their forces in the development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Business Models for Sustainable Farming. With this initiative, they also provide output that […]
Belgian and German team film German farm cases for the MOOC toolkit
The Belgian Newbie team of KU Leuven and the German Newbie team of Fachhochschule Südwestfalen are developing a Massive Open Online Course together about how to create a strategic business model in the agricultural sector. The course will be hosted on EDX, an international learning platform, starting from January 2022. For this course, the two […]
Belgian Newbie Award 2021 launched
On the 19th of July the Belgian Newbie team launched their third and final edition of the Newbie Award. Just like previous years they aim to find the most inspiring new farmer among the participants. Interested Flemish farmers can apply on www.biosfere.be/newbie between the 19th of July and the 20th of August 2021. The nominees […]
Belgian Newbie team films last Newbie video: young farmer Niels
Last week the Belgian Newbie team filmed the last of their 10 Newbie videos. In a short while it will be made available on our YouTube channel. Topic of this last video is the small farm of new farmer Niels, De Veldhoeve. Niels started his farming career as a student worker on a pig farm […]
Newbie discussion circle on access to labor and Flemish Award winner announcement
Newbie discussion circle on access to labor and Flemish Award winner announcement On the 8th of September the Flemish Newbie team held a double event combining a discussion cirlce on access to labor with the announcement of the Flemish Newbie Award winners. Discussion circle on access to labor Access to good and reliable labor is […]
Belgian Newbie team cooperates with Generation Food
Belgian Newbie team cooperates with Generation Food Similar to the edition of 2019, the Belgian Newbie team choose to work with a two-step procedure to decide on its winner for the Newbie 2020 edition. Five farmers were selected in a first round by the Newbie team. After this round, we had two panels. On the […]
Belgian Newbie Award 2020 online voting
Belgian Newbie Award 2020 online voting Overview Five laureates remain in the Newbie Award 2020 competition for the most innovative and inspiring new entrant. Besides a voting round by a professional jury of industry stakeholders, the KU Leuven also added a second voting round on social media. On the Flemish website of the Newbie project, […]
