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And another question: is a triple helix a bad or a good idea?
Dick Veerman
8/6/2020 1:55 pm
'Get your act together, then export the Netherlands' food system'
Thx Wouter, now you're making a point: please make it entrepreneurial. A US led triple helix wouldn't function like a Dutch one....
Dick Veerman
8/6/2020 11:26 am
'Get your act together, then export the Netherlands' food system'
Thx a lot to all who participated! It was a great first meeting!
Dick Veerman
8/5/2020 7:12 pm
The Future of Global Trade & Logistics - Join the Conversation, Wednesday August 5
Wouter, you sound a bit mysterious. Please clarify: what (kind of) stupidity did you encounter in the Middle East, Africa and...
Dick Veerman
8/5/2020 8:34 am
'Get your act together, then export the Netherlands' food system'
In the same vein, Dr Hugue Nkoutchou from Cameroon and founder of the Public Policy Africa Initiative presented his views at the...
Dick Veerman
7/31/2020 9:35 am
Exacerbation of food insecurity in Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic - a short report
Jos, I guess the definition is very rational. I would subscribe to it, just as you do. But ... it's true implications are rather...
Dick Veerman
7/29/2020 8:27 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
Jeroen, Jos gave a definition. As said below, it would be a mistake to think there's a correct one. It's not a matter of natural...
Dick Veerman
7/27/2020 10:21 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
Eric, this section is in English. Most visitors don't understand one word of Dutch. In case you hesitate to write in English,...
Dick Veerman
7/27/2020 9:37 pm
'Don't just do nature costing, add nature profiting to balance damage'
Jeroen, volhoudbaar = sustainable. So you've just defined sustainability by requiring it to be sustainable ;-) Now tell us,...
Dick Veerman
7/25/2020 7:45 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
#6, Vera Bitsch, I was trained intellectually in the mid 80's of the 20th century by Paris based intellectuals. Me, you and...
Dick Veerman
7/24/2020 11:33 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
#12, Carolien, you're absolutely right! Beauty it is. Beauty can only hope to inspire love.
Dick Veerman
7/24/2020 11:23 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
#7, willem van aaken, please comment in English in this section. You can use Deepl to translate. Please explain why you would...
Dick Veerman
7/22/2020 8:04 am
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
Thx Annechien #4! I think what is being said in this few comments already is fascinating: sustainability is like love, it is...
Dick Veerman
7/22/2020 7:57 am
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
Carolien, I guess the real question is: what IS sustainability to YOU? Can you decide for someone else, or - vice versa - can...
Dick Veerman
7/20/2020 10:03 pm
Sustainable meat, but what about animal welfare?
I apologize! I used the Dutch word ('een biljoen') for one trillion in English (1.000.000.000): one billion. A trillion in...
Dick Veerman
7/18/2020 7:51 pm
Berry Marttin, Rabobank: ‘We need a Paris Agreement on Food’
Dear all, this section is international. Please comment in English. In case you'd rather write in Dutch, try at least Deeple to...
Dick Veerman
7/15/2020 9:58 pm
Berry Marttin, Rabobank: ‘We need a Paris Agreement on Food’
Joanna, thx for your answer! So there are quite a few barriers on the road to a improving our world. How to go about them is a...
Dick Veerman
7/2/2020 10:17 am
Ray Goldberg: ‘IFAMA has to broaden its base and involve environmentalists, scientists and medics’
Joanna, thanks for your comment! What are the main roadblocks on the way to integrating the food chain from your perspective?
Dick Veerman
6/27/2020 4:56 pm
Ray Goldberg: ‘IFAMA has to broaden its base and involve environmentalists, scientists and medics’
#6, Woody Maijers, primary potato production in Western Europe nowadays covers the Netherlands, Flanders and the North of...
Dick Veerman
6/26/2020 8:51 pm
Niek Koning: 'The competitive advantage of Dutch farmers is eroding'
Jan Peter, it would be childish to ask "please define 'absolutely necessary' "But this question isn't: how to agree on what it...
Dick Veerman
6/21/2020 11:43 pm
Berry Marttin, Rabobank: ‘We are going to create a new normal’
Jan-Peter, local sourcing may take off as long as it is sustainable and processing could be much more distributed (3-D printing...
Dick Veerman
6/21/2020 6:36 pm
Berry Marttin, Rabobank: ‘We are going to create a new normal’
Perhaps it's a good idea to get together with Ray in a ZOOM-meeting with some of us and talk about it. We'll record and publish...
Dick Veerman
6/20/2020 8:15 am
Ray Goldberg: ‘IFAMA has to broaden its base and involve environmentalists, scientists and medics’
Jan Peter, I’m not sure you’re right he is turning away from that. Could you give us examples of production systems that...
Dick Veerman
6/20/2020 7:32 am
Berry Marttin, Rabobank: ‘We are going to create a new normal’
Jeroen, management initiates. Next question?
Dick Veerman
6/17/2020 5:03 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Peter, don't get Ray wrong. His approach is based on creating and showing examples of cases that demonstrate the potential of...
Dick Veerman
6/16/2020 1:21 pm
Ray Goldberg: ‘IFAMA has to broaden its base and involve environmentalists, scientists and medics’
Please listen to what professor Goldberg says around min. 42:00 (a bit before and a bit after): "the food system has a chance to...
Dick Veerman
6/15/2020 1:17 pm
Ray Goldberg: ‘IFAMA has to broaden its base and involve environmentalists, scientists and medics’
Jur #17, as far as the Dutch cooperatives are concerned, would you agree on this: the cooperatives' processing facilities have...
Dick Veerman
6/13/2020 2:40 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
So Jeroen, are you suggesting that DOC and Graafstroom aren't cooperatives any longer? In case they aren't, that is not what...
Dick Veerman
6/13/2020 12:26 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Jur, could you please give us an example of cooperatives that got lost in the mist of the commercial economy by giving up being...
Dick Veerman
6/10/2020 7:03 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Henk, indeed! The 1886 committee saw that Dutch farmers were being outpaced by their neighbours. That's why I present the case...
Dick Veerman
6/9/2020 2:12 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Yes indeed, we don't understood Dutch in this section! So don't be shy and express yourselves in modern lingua franca.
Dick Veerman
6/9/2020 1:28 am
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Kathryn White (IFAMA's director), see Krijn's #7. Perhaps you can help Krijn out on that one.
Dick Veerman
6/6/2020 8:30 pm
'Efficient systems and supply chains aren’t necessarily very resilient'
Thx for bringing that one to mind Krijn!
Dick Veerman
6/6/2020 5:46 pm
'Efficient systems and supply chains aren’t necessarily very resilient'
marylshelman@gmail.com en Aidan Connolly, please feel free to join the discussion on the scenario I just put forward: the...
Dick Veerman
6/6/2020 4:27 pm
'Efficient systems and supply chains aren’t necessarily very resilient'
Krijn, could you please confirm: are you referring to this article on the EU - When borders close, who will pick the crops? In...
Dick Veerman
6/6/2020 4:10 pm
'Efficient systems and supply chains aren’t necessarily very resilient'
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