On July 21, 2019, the 5th Estonian Open Farm Day was held. 311 farms opened their doors for visitors. So did the study farm of Olustvere School of Service and Rural Economics – the venue of Agrolympics 2020. About 500 guests visited the study farm and familiarised about the school, Olustvere manor, fields, animals and […]

The 2nd year of Agroolympics for elementary school pupils was arranged at Agricultural College and Agricultural School in Benesov at the end of June 2019. Four-member-teams competed in eleven disciplines that copied the branches of studies at agricultural schools. We met a lot of pupils interested in agricultural, horticultural and veterinary disciplines. We hope this competition […]

AGROLYMPICS, 30 May – 3 June 2019 Open Farm Agricultural Fair, Sierakowo Remember ?? 🙂   Acknowledgements: many thanks to EUROPEA-Poland 🙂 Pics and videos: Ildikó (HU) and Judit (HU)

July 2019 – Lorca (Murcia), Spain The Centre of National Reference in Livestock placed in Lorca (Murcia), Spain, is developing its two-year training plan, as a result of the agreement between of the three official administrations involved: Spanish Ministry of Education, Spanish Ministry of Labour and the Regional Government of Murcia. Among the most interesting […]

Be ready for lots of hard work! The oldest Slovak town Nitra was built on seven hills just like Rome . For centuries, Nitra region with its geographical position and natural character has been destined to become a “Mecca” of Slovak agriculture. Profile Secondary School of Veterinary Studies – located  in the western part of […]

Earlier in May the opportunity arose for four students to attend the Agrolympics in Poland. The Agrolympics is a competition including the participation of 20 counties all proving their agriculture skills and going for gold. I was lucky enough to be included in one of the four to attend. Myself, Carl Tuck, Izaak Lark and […]

Summer School for Green VET teachers of Catalonia (ES) This year the summer school took place at the Viticulture School of Espiells in the Catalan region of Penedès, some kilometres South of Barcelona city on 3th, 4th and 5th July 2019. About 90 teachers of the 14 Green VET schools of Catalonia met in Espiells […]

Entrepreneur+: Development of Entrepreneurial Skills and Competencies in Vocational Education and Training   The scope of the Entrepreneur+ project is to develop an IT application in support of the pedagogical methodology that combining online and offline tools, creating a cross-border network of schools and an inter-school network student aids the education of entrepreneurial skills and […]

Erasmus+ Seminar in Luxembourg EUROPEA school  LTA /Lycée Technique Agricole/ is a partner of the ERASMUS+ programme “Bio-Alternativ” organized by the European Horticulture Teacher Association. Recently the seminar “Cultivation and use of spice herbs” took place in Ettelbruck, LU.   During three days, teachers and students from Germany, Poland, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg participated in […]

Our 14 days long visit started with being shown our accommodation and a tour of the area. In these 14 days we have learned to give cows a halter and lead them. So we also learned to sit (turnover) sheep and also lead them (for showing). Charlie took us to his family farm, were he […]