Programme Wednesday, 13 October
International conference: the Added Value of the Organic Farmer, Bioregions
Language: English
Location: Ecomunitypark, Oosterwolde, the Netherlands
Plenary sessions: Also online
Times: CET
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration and COVID-19 check at Ecomunitypark, Oosterwolde, the Netherlands | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Plenary session with online streaming - Chairperson: Marcello Palazzi - Co-Chairperson: Avalon Foundation (NL) | ||
| 09.00 – 09.05 | Welcome: Martien Lankester - Executive Director, Avalon Foundation (NL) | ||
| 09.05 – 09.15 | Opening: Klaas Fokkinga (online) - Deputy Province of Fryslân, responsible for agriculture and rural policy (NL) | ||
| 09.15 – 09.35 | What can organic and agro-ecological types of farming deliver to society and the environment? - Prof Pablo Tittonell - WWF Chair Resilient Landscapes for Nature and People, Groningen University (NL) | ||
| 09.35 – 09.55 | Organic farming challenges in a changing World: From soil to soilless production? - Prof Gerold Rahmann - Director, Institute of Organic Farming, J. H. von Thünen Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (D) | ||
| 09.55 – 10.15 | Environmental, economic and health consequences of scaling-up organic farming: lessons learnt from theory and practice - Dr Darko Znaor, Principal Consultant, Avalon Foundation (NL) | ||
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Discussion | ||
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.00 – 13.00 | Plenary session with online streaming - Chairperson: Alex Oostvogel - Co-Chairman: Avalon Foundation (NL) | ||
| 11.00 – 11.20 | Organic farming - Can we reach the EU target or do we need to be even more ambitious? - Bernward Geier - Director, Colabora (D) | ||
| 11.20 – 11.40 | How do we get to 25% organic in the EU: lessons from Denmark and the need for game changers - Paul Holmbeck - Director, Holmbeck EcoConsult (DK), Grand Prix Winner of the One World Award 2020 and World Board Member IFOAM – Organics International | ||
| 11.40 – 12.00 | Why Zagreb County decided to go 100% organic and how it is going to attain it? - Sonja Karoglan Todorović - Executive Director, Ecological Institute Ecologica (HR) | ||
| 12.00 – 12.20 | Discussion | ||
| 12.20 – 12.40 | Presentation of the programme “Bioregions Boosting Biodiversity" - Martien Lankester - Executive Director, Avalon Foundation (NL), to be seconded by: Dr Eduardo Cuoco - Director, IFOAM Organics Europe (BE) and Michaël Wilde - Director, Bionext (NL) | ||
| 12.40 – 13.00 | A healthy food system, for farmers, people and planet - Prof Dr Edith Lammerts van Bueren - Chair Scientific Council for Integral Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition/ professor emeritus organic plant breeding WUR | ||
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Lunch (optional) |
Deadline registration programme on location (Ecostyle/Biosintrum, Ecomunitypark, Oosterwolde, the Netherlands) 8 October