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
INITIATIVES
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY’S CHALLENGES IN LIVESTOCK FARMING
THROUGH STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
NEWS
Book Ethnoveterinary Medicine 2020
Going though old e-mails I encountered this book again, entitled Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Present and Future Concepts (Springer 2020) edited by Lindy McGaw and Muna Ali Abdalla from Pretoria University, South Africa. The link provides the [...]
129 Different pesticides found on Dutch dairy farms
Dutch dairy farms are often perceived as an example for the rest of the world, due to high productivity of milk per cow and per farm. What is less known, is that Dutch dairy farming [...]
Succesful IDF-NLF webinar Herbs for Mastitis Control
On December 6 the International Dairy Federation (IDF) organized a succesful webinar together with NLF entitled Use of Herbs for Mastitis Control. Mastitis is the no 1 disease in dairy farming, for which most antibiotics [...]
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 [...]
FILMS
MILK DILEMMA IN UGANDA
GREEN ANTIBIOTICS
ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE