All items and articles remain available on the OK-Net EcoFeed website. Over the past three years, 21 organisations from 12 European countries have taken part in the Horizon 2020 OK-Net EcoFeed project to help farmers achieve 100% use of organic and regional feed for pigs and poultry. The project has now ended. For this reason, since March 2021 updates and activities on the
25-26 January 2021, online conference – Organic farmers strive to feed their animals with feed produced at or near the farm while ensuring animal well-being. In a joint conference, four research projects, OK-Net EcoFeed, PPILOW, FreeBirds and POWER, presented solutions helping farms to implement these objectives in practice. Bram Moeskops, IFOAM Organics Europe, coordinator of
Four research projects: OK-Net EcoFeed, PPILOW, Freebirds and POWER will meet to discuss the transition towards more sustainable organic production systems. The event will also host a policy debate targeting a wide range of audience including policy makers, farmer and animal welfare associations, processors, feed companies and retailers to deepen and consolidate the importance of organics within the
It is with great excitement that OK-Net EcoFeed announces its final project conference bringing together 4 research projects: OK-Net EcoFeed, PPILOW, Freebirds and POWER. Mark the 25th-26th of January 2021 in your calendar and join us for the online joint conference “Improving sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production”. Production systems with monogastric animals rely mainly on high quality feeds from external sources that compete with food for human consumption. Also in organic farming, monogastric systems tend to
The “Inspirational ideas: Foraging pigs” article by ITAB was published in the news of EIP-AGRI Service Point. The article gives a portrait of Carl Sheard, an organic pig farmer in France. Carl talks about his outdoor fattening system and the phase one of his trial. During this time he set up fences, organised paddocks and
This handbook developed as part of the CoreOrganic II project ProPig and published on the Organic Farm Knowledge platform, summarises the expertise of farmers, consultants, scientists and technical literature for maintaining the health of pigs. It is currently available in several languages, including English, German, Czech, French, Italian, Dutch, Serbian and Albanian. The handbook “A
Final project year for OK-Net EcoFeed: 100% use of organic and regional feed for organic pig and poultry farmers Since the start of the project in 2018, OK-Net EcoFeed has been helping organic pig and poultry farmers to achieve the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed. A key objective of organic farming
On Tuesday 26 May 2020, the Thematic Group meeting brought Innovation Groups involved in the OK-Net EcoFeed project together with external interested operational groups. During the webinar, practical experience carried out within the OK-Net EcoFeed project were presented and supported by videos and presentations to convey the OK-Net EcoFeed’s knowledge and feed the discussion. All
Share your views about Organic Farm Knowledge! Do you know the online platform Organic Farm Knowledge? We would like to hear from you what you think about it! Your input and suggestions are invaluable when it comes to improving the platform. Organic Farm Knowledge hosts a wide range of practical knowledge and tools for organic
After the cancellation of the physical Thematic Group Meeting in Denmark, we are glad to announce that the OK-Net EcoFeed Thematic Group Meeting will be held online. The event brings together Innovation Groups involved in the OK-Net EcoFeed project and it gives the opportunity to share and discuss about practical experience. Are you interested in
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