TOWARDS MINIMAL USE OF ANTIBIOTICS AND IMPROVED MILK QUALITY
NATURAL LIVESTOCK FARMING
The Foundation for Natural Livestock Farming (NLF) aims to promote food security, food quality and sustainable agriculture by reducing the use of antibiotics and other chemicals in livestock farming.
Vision: To spearhead the One Health approach in livestock production: Healthy Cow-Healthy People-Healthy Environment
Mission: International collaboration to safeguard, expand and spread knowledge about natural ways of improving cattle health and wellbeing – leading to improved milk quality, animal wellbeing, farm income and environment.
The activities include fund raising for supporting and implementing natural livestock farming activities world wide
(ANBI registered for charity funding since 1 January 2018 – RSIN/Fiscal number: 858002528)
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
NLF is working towards her goals through international collaboration with partners from three continents:
Africa-Ethiopia: NLF Ethiopia / Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP)
Europe-Netherlands: NLF Netherlands / Platform Natuurlijke Veehouderij)
Asia-India: NLF India / GLOHMSIWA and Trans Disciplinary university
Africa-Uganda: Lake Mburo Farmers Cooperative Society
New publications on Ethnovet Medicine
NLF in World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2022
PP on Dutch Farmers in Distress
SUCCESS with NLF approach in ETHIOPIA
NLF e-list: if you are interested to join, contact us at: info@naturallivestockfarming.com
INITIATIVES
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY’S CHALLENGES IN LIVESTOCK FARMING
THROUGH STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
NEWS
Reviving lost Wisdom: New publications on Ethnovet Medicine
During this World Antibiotics Awareness Week the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India organised a webinar Ethno Veterinary Medicine - an alternative to antibiotics in the dairy sector. It included participation of different [...]
World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2022
The World Antibiotic Awareness Week takes place anually between 18 and 24 November. It is organized by global institutions such as the World Health Organization - and this year carries the slogan: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together [...]
Clean milk production: what can be learned from the Netherlands and India?
The Netherlands and India are both famous for milk production - both in very different ways. What can be learned from both countries? For an African country like Ethiopia? A PP on this topic was [...]
Ethno Veterinary herbal medicine presented at World Dairy Summit
On September 13 the outcomes of the work on ethnovet medicine in India was presented by Prof. Punniamurthy during the World Dairy Summit of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) in Delhi, India. It was presented [...]
Dutch Farmers in Distress!
Today Dutch farmers are facing difficult times, because of government regulations planned related to reduce the excess of Nitrogen excretion of the sector. Due to the use of artifical fertilizer and concentrates in the process [...]
High interest for NLF at Indian Centre of Agricultural Research
As NLF foundation we were invited to present our activies to the Central Institute for Research on Cattle, part of the Indian Centre of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - see invitation below. It generated much interest, [...]
FILMS
MILK DILEMMA IN UGANDA
GREEN ANTIBIOTICS
ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE