Krispijn descends from a farming family. In spring of 2012 he became companion in the Demeter-certified company that was to this point run by his father and another companion. In the nearby future Krispijn will fully take over the farm but this will financially not be easy as a hectare in the area costs 70.000 … Continue reading
Video now online! Tuinderij De Stroom, The Netherlands: Growing strong through collaboration!
Tuinderij De Stroom is an organic vegetable farm in a small village in the Netherlands. It is owned and managed by three young women who have proven that it is still possible to start land-based farming activities with low financial investments. Watch now!
First future farmers film is online!
This is the moment we have all been waiting for! The first film of our future farmers series about young sustainable farmers in Europe is online now. It is a film that we have been shooting in Germany with Moritz Schäfer last November. Moritz quitted his studies “Organic Agriculture” to be able to take over a … Continue reading
Future farmers film presentation on BioFach Congress
On the 14th of February we will present our first films on the BioFach Congress in Nurnberg. Since August 2012 we have been on the road, filming how young organic and biodynamic farmers could build up a viable business developing new relations to consumers, innovative marketing strategies or new products. The filmpresentation will take place … Continue reading
Happy future farming everyone!!
Since a couple of weeks we are back in the Netherlands, working on our trailer and editing the films in order to present them to you at Biofach 2013! Looking forward!
Taking over a diary farm without coming from a farmers family: it is possible!
Moritz Schäfer, 26, last year took over a conventional dairy farm which he now manages organically (in conversion) and where he now keeps 60 milk cows on 95 hectares of land. Moritz himself does not descend from a farmer’s family and could only with the help of his family, mainly his father, and friends realize … Continue reading
New partners of ‘Future farmers in the spotlight’
A warm welcome to our new partners Naturland, De Nieuwe Band, Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau (SÖL), Handelskooperation Willman Paxan and Ecology & Farming Magazine. Does your organization also wants to support the production of documentaries about young organic farmers? Contact us at: info@future-farmers.net
Tuinderij De Stroom – growing strong trough collaboration!
Tuinderij De Stroom – Growing strong through collaboration! Tuinderij De Stroom is an organic vegetable farm in a small village in the Netherlands. It is owned and managed by three young women who have proven that it is still possible to start land-based farming activities with low financial investments. In 2005, Welmoet de Waard (35) … Continue reading
Krispijn van den Dries (28) is it all: manager, farmer, activist and entrepreneur.
Krispijn descends from a farming family. The land still available and ready to be farmed, he can call himself lucky. Before taking the decision to become farmer on the family farm, Krispijn travelled a lot and worked on a number of farms in Mexico, Morocco and the Netherlands. The freedom of being an entrepreneur and … Continue reading
Aarstiderne: When thinking inside the box IS a good thing!
Aarstiderne: When thinking inside the box IS a good thing. Aarstiderne, a relative young Danish company (1999) is spreading weekly over 26,000 vegetable & fruit boxes to the doorstep of consumers allover Denmark and abroad. The company consists of a vegetable production location (in Gram), offices, distribution- and packhouse and meat production (in Barrit), and … Continue reading