Jan Huijgen

Last week it was the hundred year after the birthday of Sicco Mansholt, the founder of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. I was at this celebration in the province of Groningen. A lot of people attend this meeting and the remembrance of his life and work was very inspiring.
We received a journal [...]

This morning I was invited to give a guestlecture at the Agricultural University of Dronten for students all over Europa and even abroad (USA, Malawi).
I was invited to tell the story behind the European Eemland Conference which will be held in the end of octobre on the Eemlandhoeve (see www.versatilecountryside.eu)
In that lecture I told my [...]

For most European and international people I will introduce myself and why I am starting an englisch blog.
I am a multifunctional farmer , my name is John, just as the famous Farmer John from the States, we have met each other! I am living in the midst of the Netherlands (Eemland) on a farm called [...]