In the occasion of the international Local Action Groups (LAG) Forum: Smart Villages for a Green, Digital and Resilient Europe within the framework of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Programme, we have celebrated NEWBIE Award ceramony on September 30, 2021 in Tri lučke, Krško. NEWBIE Award 2020 winner is Tilen […]

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 […]

Slovenian farmer stories available online During summer Slovenian team filmed the last 3 farmer stories (11 in total). First is Domen Virant who took over the abandoned farm from his grandmother in 2015 and started a new farm business from the beginning. He admitted that “a farm without mechanization and financial stability is a big […]

On May 7, 2021 the Slovenian NEWBIE Steering Group meeting was held at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. The meeting was dedicated to discussion on policy recommendations and future NEWBIE activities. We began with round discussion about existing, planed and needed policy recommendations for new entrants in agriculture in Slovenia. […]

Once a year the Slovenian team publishes the National NEWBIE newsletter with news about the activities carried out in the past year, events, results, educational information and other interesting news for new entrants and their supportive environment. The newsletter is disseminated within the NEWBIE network and in various media channels. Despite the pandemic situation, the […]

“When Newbies become Visible, Functioning and Participating Farmers!” was a title of presentation delivered by Slovenian partner (Irma Potočnik Slavič, Sara Uhan from University of Ljubljana) at European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) virtual Workshop for National Rural Networks on Valorising and Communicating Successful Projects. The virtual meeting (November 24, 2020) was dedicated to identifying […]

The Slovenian NEWBIE Award 2020 competition has opened for new entrants The last from three NEWBIE Award competitions in Slovenia has opened for new entrants. NEWBIE award will recognize the work and innovation of new entrants to farming that have set up their business within the last 2–10 years, innovatively overcome hurdles (access to market, […]

The 5th Slovenian Steering group meeting brought together different stakeholders of the rural development to discuss the progress related to the NEWBIE project and the plan for coming year. The Steering Group consists of researchers, advisors, farming organisation representatives, policy makers, representatives of young farmers and new entrants into agriculture. The meeting (June 16, 2020) […]

At the Newbie consortium meetings we always dedicate one day to visiting new entrants for inspiration and discuss with them the challenges they face. Our team member Marcel Vijn writes an article of each visit which is published in the Dutch magazine Ekoland. For the Newbie project these articles are translated in English. You can […]

Domen Virant from Kmetija pri Ropet won NEWBIE Award 2019 in Slovenia. Domen is not quite the typical representative of young farmers. He took over the abandoned farm from his grandparents in 2015 and started a new farm business from the beginning. He did not choose the easiest way, but ambitiously began to diversify a […]