Recently, we cycled across Kenya visiting a variety of farms, and we learned about how farmers cope with the effects of climate change through regenerative practices. In this blog post, we will share some of our learnings and experiences from the first few farms we visited.Remember our very first farm visit in the Netherlands? That […]
Learnings from Regenerative Farms in Kenya 🚴🏾♀️ 👩🏾🌾 Read More »
CYCLING IN KENYA IS MAGICAL! Initially, we had a preconception that the further south you go, the harder it gets to cycle. After cycling a total of 5,600 km, we were extremely satisfied to cycle in Kenya.On the main roads, the tarmac is well laid and there is a shoulder to cycle on, which gives space
5600km, Adventurous Cycling through Kenya Read More »
Holiday wishes 🎅🏿! It has been a while since we left our home and as we travel further, the more and more we believe that the globe is our home! This year, we are spending Christmas on our bikes, cycling and visiting farms around Mount Kenya. We wish all our followers a wonderful Christmas and
Holiday wishes 🎅🏿! Read More »
4 500 km – WHAT A RIDE! Every phase of Cycle to Farms mission has been loaded with lessons and challenges. The Middle-East part was relatively short (1500km), but physically, intellectually and emotionally intense. In previous blog post, we talked about Jordan. Now we share some of our experiences in Egypt. Here we visited 2 farms, Habiba Community
Phase II Completed + COP27 Read More »
“Welcome to Jordan” Cycling in the ever-changing landscapes of Jordan has been magical. In 100km you could be below sea level and quickly rise up to 1400m crossing wadis, sandy deserts and rocky mountains. Ultimately, the extremely friendly and intelligent people we met here in Jordan enriched our stay. We heard the phrase “Welcome to Jordan” hundreds
Our 5th farm stop was in Austria. Here we met Alfred Grand, an organic farmer and entrepreneur who has transformed his family’s 90-hectare conventional wine and sugar beet farm into a diversified organic arable farm, vegetable garden, agroforestry, vermi-composting, and research and demonstration hub. Alfred wants to demonstrate that it is feasible to leave
What are the secrets of a regenerative lighthouse farm in Austria🇦🇹? Read More »
A few months ago we started with our project Cycle to Farms in which we want to learn more about #regenerativeagriculture in the EU, the Middle East and East Africa. This video shows little snippets of our #biketravel through: The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. Let us know what you think 🙂 Support our mission
Cycling from The Netherlands to Slovenia 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇦🇹🇸🇮 Read More »
A few months ago, it was still a dream to cycle and learn more about sustainable agricultural practices along the way. Exactly three months ago today, we started from Wageningen and now we are in Athens, Greece. We have officially cycled through the whole of Europe!!! As I type this I can’t believe it…. we
Our third visit after 416 km of cycling – Hof Lebens berg, a 30 ha community farm. Our visit to Hof Lebens berg gave us a different perspective on the amount of work that goes into regenerating the land. Check out how they are building a healthy ecosystem and producing healthy food. We hope you
3rd Ep. Regenerative farming at scale? Read More »
Nature-inclusive agriculture from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Our second farm visit after 50 km of cycling – De Biesterhof, a farm managed by Claudi Rudorf and Howard Koster. Two young people who switched their city lives in Berlin for building their own regenerative agriculture farm in a small town called Millingen aan de Rijn. We felt inspired
2nd ep. How farmers build nature-inclusive agriculture? Read More »