We share the most interesting and inspiring stories of the international exchange in the Netherlands under the NEWBIE project, the Horizon 2020, organized by the Wageningen Research Institute in October 2021 HYBRID EXCHANGE: participants from Bulgaria, Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands were present on the field, and online presence from the United Kingdom, France and […]

On 11th November in the afternoon, the German steering group met for its final meeting. After a long stretch of virtual encounters, the steering group was able to meet in Berlin. The steering group member present were Yvonne Rottmann, Dr. Beate Bajorat, Dr. Carl Dohme, Petra Bentkämper and Dr. Wolf Lorleberg (FHS). Further, all German […]

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 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 […]

Being the largest youth organisation in rural Germany with more than 100,000 members, representation is a cornerstone of BDL’s work. For that reason, the German Rural Youth Association (BDL = Bund der Deutschen Landjugend e.V.), has used the forced time-out of the Covid19 pandemic to launch the “Young Farmers Study” in its Young Farmers Project. […]

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 […]

This time, the German Newbie Award goes to “Grow Up Salicornia GbR”. The salt plant “Salicornia Europaea” contains valuable nutrients and tastes spicy. “Grow Up Salicornia GbR” is Germany’s first regional grower of fresh salicornia. The founders of the start-up are Ken Dohrmann and Julian Engelmann. Together, the two founded their company in 2020. The […]

On 26th of September 2021, Germany will elect its 20th federal parliament. While many issues need fast political reaction, like steering Germany through the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, the agricultural sector and especially young farmers need reliable long-term policy. The German Rural Youth Association (BDL – Bund der Deutschen Landjugend e.V.) has been advocating for the […]

The search for a farm as well as the search for a farm successor poses a similar problem to different people: How do I find a suitable person/farm? The initiative hofnachfolger-nrw.de from Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia tries to solve this problem. It is an association of rural youth, the Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia and […]

This week the NEWBIE team for the UK held their penultimate Steering Group meeting (online). We began with a fascinating update from each steering group member on their recent work involving new entrants. Then there was a vibrant conversation about potential policy recommendations in terms of widening out the land matching service, mentoring schemes and […]