Programme Thursday, 14 October

Added Value of the Organic Farmer, Bioregions, Online Workshops

Language: English

Location: All online only

Times: CET


09:00 - 10:30		Workshop 1: Organic farming and biodiversity - Chairperson: Coenraad Krijger, Director, IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands (NL)
	09.00 – 09.05	Introduction project Added Value of the Organic Farmer by: Anne van Wijk - Project Leader, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (NL)
	09.05 – 09.25	Organic / regenerative farming and biodiversity - Prof Gerold Rahmann - Director, Institute of Organic Farming, J. H. von Thünen Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (D)
	09.25 – 09.45	Organic farming and biodiversity: lessons learnt from practice - Wytze Brandsma - Brandsma's Pleats Dairy Biodynamic Farm, and Chairman of the Association of Frisian Organic Farmers (NL)
	09.45 – 10.05	Organic / regenerative farming - a chance for NL biodiversity? - Ilse Geijzendorffer - Director, Louis Bolk Institute (NL)
	10.05 – 10.30	Discussion
10.30 – 11.00		Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30		Workshop 2: Regenerative farming and organic farming – working together apart? - Chairperson: Prof Vladislav Popov - Vice-Rector, Agricultural University of Plovdiv (BG)
	11.00 – 11.25	Organic, regenerative and agro-ecological types of farming: similarities and differences - André Leu - International Director, Regeneration International (AUS) and and former President of IFOAM.
	11.25 – 11.45	Regenerative vs. organic – an NL perspective - Michaël Wilde - Director, Bionext (NL).
	11.45 – 11.55	Regenerative and organic farming: a farmer’s perspective (a vlog presentation) - Pyt Sipma - Farmer, Biodynamic arable farm “Timpelsteed”, Engwierum & Board Member, Association of Frisian Organic Farmers (NL)
	11.55 – 12.10	Reflection on the presentations from an EU organic perspective - Dr Eduardo Cuoco - Director, IFOAM Organics Europe (BE).
	12.10 – 12.30	Discussion
12.30 – 13.30		Lunch break

13.30 – 14.00		Video material - Chairperson: Feitze van der Hoek - Lecturer / Researcher, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences & Board Member, Association of Frisian Organic Farmers (NL)
		An organic farmer’s perspective: Relationship between livestock and people - Welmoed Deinum, Farmer, Biodynamic dairy farm “De Graasboerderij”, Sondel (NL)
		An organic farmer’s perspective: Organic farming and labour - Jan Willem Bakker - Farmer, BakkerBio Arable Farm, Munnekezijl (NL)
		An organic farmer’s perspective: Organic farming and animal welfare - Durk Oosterhof - Farmer, Biodynamic Dairy Farm “Obio”, Drachten (NL)
		An organic farmer’s perspective: Importance of good manure for organic dairy farms (with a follow-up online questions and answers) - Sietse Nauta, Farmer, Nauta Organic Dairy Farm, Oosterwierum (NL)
14.00 – 15.30		Workshop 3: Organic farming feeding the world - Chairperson: Prof Tim Lang - City University of London (UK)
	14.00 – 14.20	Yield gap and stability in organic farming worldwide - Prof Pablo Tittonell - WWF Chair Resilient Landscapes for Nature and People, Groningen University (NL)
	14.20 – 14.40	How will a global organic food system look like? – and implications of a global organic transition for feeding the World - Dr Gunnar Rundgren - Small farmer, consultant (SE) and former President of IFOAM
	14.40 – 15.00	Can organic farming feed the World? - looking beyond yields - Dr Anita Frehner, Researcher, Researcher, FIBL Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (CH) and Farming Systems Ecology group at Wageningen University (NL)
	15.00 – 15.30	Discussion
15.30 – 16.00		Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30		Workshop 4: Organic food quality, vitality & human health - Chairperson: Michaël Wilde - Director Bionext (NL)
	16.00 – 16.20	Organic food consumption and health: findings from the French Nutrinet-Santé cohort follow-up - Dr Denis Lairon - Emeritus Research Director INSERM, Member Steering Committee Organic Food Systems Programme (F)
	16.20 – 16.40	Organic food is necessary for good health because pesticide risk assessment is a scientific fraud - Prof Pete Myers - Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie M.University (USA)
	16.40 – 17.00	Quality/vitality of organic milk and its likely impact on human health - Prof Ton Baars - Senior Researcher, University of Utrecht, Department of Immunopharmacology (NL)
	17:00 – 17.30	Discussion