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Feb 13 2012 Lecture: Agroecology as a science, movement and a practice: can it feed the world? 19:30; Forum room C221 Jan 26-29 2012 Guelph Organic Conference 2012 2012 theme: "Seeds of Co-operation" Guelph, Ontario, Canada Jan 25 2012 MOA cafe location and topic: unknown yet Wed Jan 11 2012 Colloquium Jony Meshesha: Impact of contract farming on household income of smallholder farmers: The case of organic honey production in South West Ethiopia 16.30 hr, room C70 (Leeuwenborch) Dec 6 2011 StEL social activity: Potluck and Sinterklaas evening; location unknown yet Nov 15 2011 Regional Market Local (organic) farmers; organized by Boerengroep. Nov 14-15 2011 3rd Int. Sci. Conference on Organic Farming New findings in organic farming research and their possible use for Central and Eastern Europe Czech Republic Oct 27-30 2011 International Conference of the Apprenticeship for Biodynamic Agriculture Waldorf School Hannover Maschsee, Germany Oct 22 2011 The spiritual life of bees Biodynamic/antroposofic view on bees. In Dutch and German. Hoge Born, evening Oct 20-21 2011 Students seminar: EU-Common Agricultural Policy and organic farming If participants would be intrested maybe it could be extended for also Saturday and Sunday. Lyon, France Oct 20-21 2011 ELLS - Scientific Student Conference Can agriculture feed the world? Not organic but posing interesting questions Wageningen Oct 18 2011 StEL Potluck Share your food and culture and make contact with other organic students! evening; Droevendaalsesteeg 37 Oct 12 2011 Movie & discussion evening about GMO's Organized by Semper Florens C229 (Forum); 19.15 Oct 6 2011 Workshop meeting within the EU Project „Organic Trade“: organic beekeeping Zgorzelec, Poland Oct 4 2011 Innovative Poultry Farming- Excursion Not organic but for sure innovative Afternoon, in Barneveld (transport from Wageningen arranged) Sept 28 2011 Regional beer tasting with some organic beers 8:00pm - 10:30pm Location: Vreemde Streken Eetcafe - Kadowinkel Wageningen Sept 21 2011 Soybean production in Latin America: Can we return? Lecture and discussion evening 19.30 – 22.00. Leeuwenborch, C62 Sept 18-20 2011 Exchange Sustainable Textiles Conference The latest trends and innovations in textile sustainability Barcelona Sept 16-18 2011 Conference: Organic Agriculture and Agro-Eco Tourism in the Mediterranean Zakynthos, Greece Sept 14 2011 Water pricing in agriculture: on track for a fair and efficient policy in Europe? Warsaw, Poland Sept 6 2011 MSc Proposal by Egle Draugelyte: "Social learning in building sustainable land use practices in Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve (South Africa)" 12:30; Radix W2.Aa.011 Aug 24 2011 Colloquium Carolina Urrea Hernandez: “Understanding perceptions of potato quality among small-scale farmers in Peruvian Highlands” 12:30-13:00 at Leeuwenborch room C76 POSTPONED 2011 Colloquium by Carl Timler: "Analysis and (re)Design of the Farm Annapurna, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India" 12:30; Radix W2.Aa.011 Aug 21-28 2011 ENOAS Summer Meeting: Czech Republic A nice week with a group of nice organic students / PhD\'s, visting farms, research institutions etc Aug 7-20 2011 Summer School Organic Food Production Chain A 6 ECTS summer course on organic food production along the entire chain, with lots of nice excursions! Warsaw, Poland | Biologica -> BioNext: Dutch organic umbrella organisation changes name and purpose Biologica becomes Bionext; the name indicates that the biological sector goes into a next phase. The ambition is also focussed on components where organic legislation is currently lacking, such as ecological and social sustainability. Relevant language: Dutch Ecotopia Biketour 2011 Ecotopia Biketour 2011 will be in Italy from the 26th of July until the 31th of August. The main theme of the tour is sustainable agriculture. Relevant language: English Bee Team of Wageningen Under the protecting of StEL, a new seedling is emerging: the Students Beekeepers of Wageningen University. Relevant language: English Organic public transport in Vienna :) Relevant language: German Needed: one-day volunteers for Bionext, dutch speaking Dutch organic umbrella organisation Bionext is looking for volunteers for one day, on Sept 18th Relevant language: Dutch Funny advertisement of a sustainable bank Relevant language: English Needed help by organizing regional Farmers' market Together with other Wageningen organisations Relevant language: Dutch, English "Organic farming not beneficial for wildlife" ORGANIC farming can be less effective at protecting wildlife than intensive methods, according to research that undermines its claim to be the most environmentally friendly form of agriculture. Relevant language: English Several activities of RUW, the green link for students Relevant language: English Several activities of Boerengroep Relevant language: English Proposal: StEL mini-excursion to Aalsmeer Flower auction Not organic, far from sustainable but an impression how to organise large scale logistics with agricultural products. The idea is to leave on a workday early (about 6 AM) and be back at latest at 1 PM. Who wants to join, be informed and/or help organizing? Relevant language: Dutch, English, French, German Nice to know: seminar at BioFach about organic education Educating future employees of organic companies - contributing to development of the sector - improving organic food and agriculture studies DATE: Thursday, Feb 16, 2012, 11:00-12:30 Relevant language: English | Portfolio Manager (m/f) in Agriculture and Rural GFA Consulting Group is an independent worldwide operating consulting company with its head office in Hamburg - Germany. We mainly provide international consultancy services within the framework of international development cooperation. Amongst our area of operations are Agriculture and Rural Development as well as Natural Resources Management, Private Sector Development, Decentralisation and Public Sector Management, Health etc. Germany Language(ses) required: English, French, German Odin/Estafette: Marketing & Communication Ben je enthousiast over biologische landbouw en voeding en heb je zin om de komende jaren mee te werken aan de marketing en communicatie van Estafette Associatie C.V., ketenorganisatie voor biologische en biologisch-dynamische landbouw en voeding? Geldermalsen, Netherlands Language(ses) required: Dutch Senior Strategy Officer (Based in The Hague, the Netherlands) The unit keeps track of relevant external and internal policy trends and profiles and positions SNV with key external stakeholders CONTRACT DURATION: 1 year with possibility of extension Language(ses) required: English Country Representative Indonesia - UTZ Certified (Amsterdam) UTZ CERTIFIED is looking for a national representative who is able to coordinate the activities for the UTZ CERTIFIED programme in Indonesia. The representative reports to UTZ CERTIFIED in The Netherlands. I Indonesia Language(ses) required: English Policy assistant at IFOAM-EU, Brussels Language(ses) required: English Fieldresearcher FiBL Frick, Switserland Language(ses) required: English, German Certification inspector At Thüringer Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Jena, Germany Language(ses) required: German Trainee Projectmanagement at Organic Services München, Germany Language(ses) required: English, German Sales of feed and litter, mixed conventional and organic At FarmFeed Lochem, Netherlands Language(ses) required: Dutch Starting organic grassland researcher: "Increasing resource efficiency in milk production" Kiel, Germany Language(ses) required: English, German Junior Modulemanager At Odin, organic wholesaler Netherlands, Geldermalsen Language(ses) required: Dutch Scientific expert on organic marketing, for research and education Witzenhausen, Germany Language(ses) required: German Vacature junior adviseur (agrarisch) bedrijfskundige At CLM Netherlands, Culemborg Language(ses) required: Dutch Organic Auditor / Auditeur agriculture biologique, France At Ecocert Language(ses) required: French Internship at Demeter International, EU office Brussels Language(ses) required: English Product Manager At Rapunzel Naturkost Legau, Germany Language(ses) required: German Project engineer sustainable/organic agriculture Belgium Language(ses) required: Dutch, English, French Key Account Manager Germany Key Account Manager Germany The sales department aims to facilitate and increase the demand for responsibly produced commodities and support partners in their sales of UTZ CERTIFIED labeled products. Due to the largely increased recognition of its program, UTZ seeks to enlarge the sales team with an experienced top sales executive. Germany, one of the focus markets, will be your business territory. Germany Language(ses) required: German Internship+ thesis opportunity in Mexico We are looking for an excellent MSc student willing to do research in the Selva Lacandona. This MSc project is part of an interdisciplinary project (both natural and social sciences) on the recent biofuel expansion in Mesoamerica. Mexico Language(ses) required: Spanish Policy & Outreach Coordinator What We Seek: We are looking for someone who has a good understanding of the sustainability landscape, key policy issues and stakeholders, either gained through paid work or through relevant internships or placements. Familiarity with standards systems and, in particular, one or more of ISEAL’s members would be of advantage for this role. London Language(ses) required: English Internship/Thesis opportunity: Biological Control We are looking for a student willing to do research in biological control of banana trips. Ecuador and The Netherlands Language(ses) required: English, Spanish Senior Program Manager Coffee Front running multinationals in the coffee sector have confirmed their commitment to an upscaling plan to increase sales of certified sustainable coffee from 8% currently to 25% in 2015. A global implementation plan is in its final stage of agreement among the industry stakeholders and implementation in the three “first wave” countries is planned to start from Q2 2012 onwards. More info: Patrick Waardijk p.waardijk<AT>mvorecruitment.nl Language(ses) required: English EkoPlaza Filiaalmanager (Regio Noord-Brabant en Den Haag)/Assistent filiaalmanager (Regio Noord-Brabant, Den Haag en Hoorn) Language(ses) required: Dutch Internship at Global Fruit Work experience placements are regularly available Language(ses) required: English Vacancies at Rijk Zwaan Al sinds 1992 werken we aan een breed aanbod van op biologische wijze geteelde groentezaden, die volledig voldoen aan de eisen zoals die worden gesteld door Europese certificeringinstanties. Op dit moment werken we hard aan verdere uitbreiding van ons assortiment. The Netherlands Language(ses) required: Dutch Research project Biological control of red rust thrips in organic bananas in Ecuador In collaboration with KOPPERT Biological Systems, INIAP Ecuador and the banana producer organization ASOGUABO Equador Language(ses) required: English, Spanish Intern at EOSTA Opportunity to gain insight in logistics and trading in relation to the most central part of the supply chain The Netherlands Language(ses) required: Dutch, English Executive director ACORN ACORN(Atlantic Canadiann Organic Regional Network) Language(ses) required: | IFOAM position paper: The use of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in organic agriculture IFOAM (2011) In 2010 and 2011, IFOAM has developed, in consultation with its membership, a position on the use of nanotechnology in organic agriculture. In: English Download Breeding for resilience: a strategy for organic and low-input farming systems? Goldringer, Isabelle; Dawson, Julie; Rey , Frederic and Vettoretti, Alice (Eds.) (2011) Proceedings In: English Download Fact sheet Organic and EHEC FiBL (2011) In: English Organic food as an emerging market. PhD Thesis Aertsens, Joris; PhD thesis, Ghent University (2011) In: English Download Designing cropping systems from nature Erci Malézieux (2010) Keywords: Agroecology – Ecological intensification – Biological regulations in agroecosystems – Sustainable agriculture In: English Download Towards Improved Quality in Organic Food Production Monique Hospers-Brands and Geert-Jan van der Burgt - LBI (2011) Conference Proceedings: 5th QLIF training and exchange workshop
Keywords: Organic Food, quality In: English Download Limitations in the implementation of preventive measures and the need of a system-oriented approach Sundrum, Albert; Dietze, Klaas and Werner, Christina (2011) Conference paper: Proceedings of the XIV ISAH-Congress 2009 (International Society of Animal Hygiene)
Keywords: Organic farming, organic sow herds, animal health plans, hygienic, nutritional and animal health management In: Download Agroforestry Survey: A Summary of Response Lewis, Sophie, Organic Research Center (UK) (2011) Agroforestry Survey: A Summary of Response
Keywords: Temperate Agroforestry; Farm Woodlands In: Download Landscape Agroecology: managing interactions between agriculture, nature and economy Dalgaard, Tommy - IAMO (2011) Keynote presentation: Multi-level processes of integration and disintegration
Subjects: Environmental aspects > Landscape and recreation Proceedings of Biofach Congress 2011: Sensory characteristics of organic food: positioning and sensory marketing strategies Stolz, Hanna; Obermowe, Tim and Buchecker, Kirsten (2011) Keywords: Ecropolis, sensory characteristics of organic food, consumer research In: The European Regulatory Framework and its Implementation in Influencing Organic Inspection and Certification Systems in The EU Padel, Susanne (2011) Subjects: Values, standards and certification > Regulation In: Download Proceedings of COST SUSVAR workshop: Cereal crop diversity: Implications for production and products Østergård, H. and Fontaine, L (2011) Keywords: organic plant breeding, variety mixtures,genetic diversity In: Download Urban Organic Farming in Austria with the concept of Selbsternte ("self -harvest"): An agronomic and socio-economic analysis Vogl, C. R.; Axmann, P. and Vogl-Lukasser, B. (2011) Keywords: urban farming, organic farming, agrobiodiversity, innovation, self-harvesters relations, farmers\' experiments In: English Download Concepts of plant health – reviewing and challenging the foundations of plant protection T. F. Döring, M. Pautasso, M. R. Finckh, M. S. Wolfe, Witzenhausen (2012) In: English Download Opinions on biogas in organic farming Heiske, Stefan and Østergård, Hanne (2011) In: English Download |