Distance lab lesson on Chromatography?
From BELGIUM: A distance lab lesson on Chromatography in covid times (!!) A distance lab lesson … no challenge is too great for Mrs. Debode and her students of 3 […]
The Young Dairy Farmer Club
When good ideas could still arise in the pub in pre-corona times, 2 former students of EUROPEA school VABI in Roeselare (Belgium) thought that dairy farmers could learn a lot […]
A curious international exchange in the 19th century
As part of his studies at the agricultural university in Frederiksberg (Denmark), Stephan Nyeland received a grant in 1870 for a study trip to England with a stopover at the […]
More from Belgium: ERASMUS experience !
Here you have a story of a Belgian student on an ERASMUS project in The Netherlands: “Hello, I am Axelle Vanden Berghe, 18 years young and in my final year […]
News from Belgium: Europom!
Alden Biesen Castle, Rijkhoven, Belgium 19-20 October 2019 The National Orchards Foundation held its annual exhibition on old and newer varieties of fruit kinds on 19 and 20 October in […]
Belgians and genetics vol 4
In 1987 two Belgian professors, Marc Van Montagu and Jeff Schell, for the first time ever realized genetically manipulated insect-resistant (tobacco) plants by incorporating genes that produced insecticidal proteins from […]
Belgians and genetics vol 3
In the past, draft horses were extremely important for agriculture. The Belgians have also left their mark in this area by developing a very robust draft horse. Around the beginning […]
Belgians and genetics vol 2
Another ‘bodybuilder’, the ‘Swarzenegger’ among the pigs is the ‘Piétrain’ pig. This variety has a number of characteristics that are valued worldwide in pig production: – Slaughter efficiency of 65% […]
Belgians and genetics ‘The Belgian Blue’.
Belgians have always had something with genetics. Today we would like to introduce you to an extremely beef-bred cattle breed: the Belgian Blue Breed. Bulls of this breed weigh around […]
Belgians and their beer
Although Belgians are not the biggest beer drinkers in Europe, they are still known as beer brewers. Belgium is rich in some large breweries, but since about twenty years the […]
