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
20 January 2022 First NLF webinar in SPANISH! Topic: Reducing antibiotic use in calf raising
SUCCESS with NLF approach in ETHIOPIA
Full report webinar NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS – herbs for dairy health in India and the Netherlands
Report NLF webinar EXPERIENCES WITH NATURAL WAYS OF DAIRY CALF RAISING
Report NLF webinar NATURAL APPRACHES TO MASTITIS CONTROL
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
First NLF webinar in Spanish
On Thursday January 20 the first NLF webinar in Spanish will be organized with interested parties in Chili, and contributions from both Chile and the Netherlands. Topic: Natural ways to reduce antibiotic use in dairy [...]
NLF in global magazine on Antibiotic Reduction
NEW STRATEGY TO REDUCE ANTIBIOTICS IN DAIRY FARMING is our recent publication in the December MISSET special issue entitled Antibiotic Reduction - Embracing the Challenge. It is a general description of the objectives,activities and outcomes [...]
New video on Calcium Deficiency in Dairy Cows
The collaboration between NLF and Agro-Eco is bearing its first fruits, with a new video on Calcium Deficiency in Dairy Cows. It presents numerous practical possibilities of how to prevent 'milk fever' in dairy cows [...]
SUCCES with NLF approach in ETHIOPIA
During the 2-day conference on Dairy Sector Transformationin Addis Ababa, organized by the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), the worldwide results of the Natural Livestock Farming approach were presented with experiences from India, Ethiopia, [...]
Report NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS – herbs for dairy health in India and the Netherla
In what way has the work on Herbs for Cattle Health developed in both India and the Netherlands over the past 5 years? During the webinar on 21st of October 2021 dairy farmers and veterinarians [...]
Deficient colostrum feeding crucial issue in dairy calf raising
The knowledge on adequate colostrum feeding of newborn calves is strikingly inadequate amongst smallholder dairy farmers worldwide. This was one of the main conclusions of the recent NLF webinar on natural calf management organized on [...]
FILMS
MILK DILEMMA IN UGANDA
GREEN ANTIBIOTICS
ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE