Land of ours, making agriculture more sustainable
Land of Us is a cooperative of 14,000 volunteers, which together own eight plots of land throughout the country. The members of Land of Us buy exhausted land. Together with farmers, they make agriculture more sustainable and restore biodiversity.
However, there are plenty of organizations (such as Natural Monuments) that focus on conservation of nature reserves. We are focusing on agriculture. Until 60 years ago, there was a huge amount of biodiversity in our agricultural area. Not only did it go and deal with a lot of land: two-thirds of the Netherlands are farmland. The then small-scale farming, with a mix of arable farming and livestock farming, also created a wealth of diverse lives.
The country takes care of our food, but who cares for the country? You can walk the country walk at Lettele with the Waag walking package. You'll walk along the lands of Land of Us, a citizens' initiative that buys land and leases to farmers who restore biodiversity and landscape. Think: how do we want to take care of our country in the future? Sign up to receive the walking package. The walk is corona-proof and can be done when it suits you.
Citizens' Initiative Land van Ons, a cooperative that buys farmland to restore biodiversity and landscape, and Leiden University join forces. Together, they will investigate, in a long way, which agricultural management leads to the best recovery of biodiversity. On Monday, September 7, 2020, the research kicking off a plot of over 21 hectares in Oud Ade, owned by Land of ours as of October 1, 2020.
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