The goal of this research is not to elaborate on the biodynamic aspect of the project, but to underpin the reasons why certain decisions are made whilst tracing the evolution of decisions throughout these past months. Therefore, this research retraces the evolution of the food system with a Political …

The research for prepared for the commission company Blue Farm. The research was conducted to design a new strategic plan for Blue Farm to successfully establish itself in the German Gastronomy Sector and achieve a 15% market growth rate by July 2023.

In deze deelstudie is literatuuronderzoek gedaan naar het concept 'vrijplaatsen' binnen diverse maatschappelijke contexten, ook in historisch perspectief. Vervolgens wordt op twee vragen een antwoord gezocht: Wat maakt vrijplaatsen pedagogisch? Wat kan de waarde en rol zijn van de kunsten bij het ontwerpen …

In deze deelstudie wordt verslag gedaan van de oriëntatie en empatiefase van het ontwerpgericht onderzoek Empty Farm to Fill. Wat zijn de dromen, wensen en ideeën van kinderen en jongeren voor het ontwerpen van een pedagogische Vrijplaats op Landgoed Sparrenhof in Tilburg. Het onderzoeksverslag gaat …

Multifunctional farming – an umbrella term used to indicate a combination of agricultureand services to society – has been a research subject for the Rural Sociology Group for decades. One new multifunctional activity is education at the care farm. The article can be found on p. 131.

Kalumwange Farm Block is the largest farm block in the Western Province of Zambia. The farm block is situated in the Kaoma district, and small-scale farmers mainly occupy it. With a size of 100,000 hectares, on average, Kalumwange Farm Block produces over 1,242,000 kilograms of maize. This is in a farming …

Dairy cooperatives have been around in the Netherlands for more than 130 years (Bijman, 2018). A growing European economy and growing demand for dairy products offered opportunities for further growth (Bijman, 2018). As the technological development in dairy processing evolved, cooperatives continued …

The rapid implementation of large scale floating solar panels has consequences to water quality and local ecosystems. Environmental impacts depend on the dimensions, design and proportions of the system in relation to the size of the surface water, as well as the characteristics of the water system (currents, …

Permanent grassland soils can act as a sink for carbon and may therefore positively contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. We compared young (5–15 years since latest grassland renewal) with old (>20 years since latest grassland renewal) permanent grassland soils in terms of carbon stock, …

Application of animal manure to soils results in the introduction of manure-derived bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) into soils. ResCap is a novel targeted-metagenomic approach that allows the detection of minority components of the resistome gene pool without the cost-prohibitive …