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Panel debate: Future of Farming in Flanders, 25 February 2019, Kinrooi The agricultural sector faces major challenges. The most ‘popular’ challenge concerns sustainability. Yet, sustainability has many dimensions. Is there a future for young farmers in Flanders, and what does this look like? How will markets evolve? What can we expect from the future generations […]

Newcomers are crucial for both the conservation of European agriculture as for the development of the European countryside. The European project Newbie puts successful starters and their business models in the picture and organizes an annual competition for these “newbies”. The first Newbie competition in Belgium is meanwhile ongoing. Until December 23, 2018, farmers could […]