Partnership between school and farmer in Belgium
And the farmer ploughed on … or at least agriculture students from College ten Doorn in Eeklo/Belgium. The school has had a partnership with the Huysmanhoeve for 3 years to cultivate a […]
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 […]
