NLF story in Agro-Ecology in Action
Our international experiences and results as Natural livestock Farming have been included into an important 2025 publication:
Chapter on Ethnovet in book on Medicinal Agroecology
The recently published book entitled Medicinal Agroecology includes a chapter Ethno-Veterinary Science and Practices as alternative to…
Verified milk quality improvement through NLF approach
In the NWO ARF project: Healthy Cows – Healthy Food – Healthy Environment: Enhancing safety and quality of milk in Ethiopia the NLF 5-layer…
Scientific and Practical Validation of Ethnoveterinary Medicine
Ethnoveterinary Medicine is quickly gaining ground within India and elsewhere.
Book Ethnoveterinary Medicine 2020
Ethnoveterinary Medicine is one of the main topics that Natural Livestock Farming 5-layer strategy builds on. Highly recommended!
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…
Reviving lost Wisdom: New publications on Ethnovet Medicine
World Antibiotics Awareness Week the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India organised a webinar Ethno Veterinary Medicine – an…
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…
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…
Dutch Farmers in Distress!
Today Dutch farmers are facing difficult times, because of government regulations planned related to reduce the excess of Nitrogen…
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…
NLF in global magazine on Antibiotic Reduction
It is a general description of the objectives,activities and outcomes of the NLF work in both smallholder dairy farming (India, Ethiopia…
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…
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),…
Report of Nature Based Solutions; Herbs for dairy health in India and the Netherlands
During the webinar on 21st of October 2021 dairy farmers and veterinarians from both countries shared their experiences, and were inspired…
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.
31st of August 2021, NLF webinar on: Natural Ways of Dairy Calf Raising
Disease and mortality of young calves is one of the major issues for dairy farmers worldwide, and cause of low farm productivity. Moreover…
Two NLF posters for conference Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Animals
Between June 7-9 2021 the International Conference on Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Animals is organized by the CGIAR - Anti Microbial…
Student research on herbal remedies for parasite control
Two groups of international students from Wageningen University have collaborated with NLF in the Netherlands to review literature and…
NLF webinar 15 April 2021: Natural Approaches to Mastitis Control
The second international webinar organised by Natural Livestock Farming Foundation was in coordination with Trans Disciplinary University…
Successful Natural Livestock Farming webinar – 15 December 2020
On Tuesday 15 December we celebrated our first international webinar entitled: "Natural Livestock Farming: an approach to reduce the use of…
Funders increasingly interested in Natural Livestock Farming
More and more organizations worldwide, inducing funding agencies, express their interest in the Natural Livestock Farming network and…
Recognition by President of Ethiopia
During 1st Livestock Week celebrated 15-19 November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Dr Getachew Gebru Tegegn received a certificate of national…
Natural Livestock Farming strategy for reducing Anti-Microbial Resistance
This NLF article in Approaches to Poultry-Dairy- and Veterinary science describes the general NLF strategy to improve milk quality and…
Grazing for Carbon by US dairy and pig farmer Joel Salatin
Interesting lecture Grazing for Carbon by US dairy and pig farmer Joel Salatin while recently visiting the Netherlands (56 minutes).
Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance
Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance from the United Nations.
A time for action: antimicrobial resistance needs global response
Given the magnitude and severity of the threat of antimicrobial resistance, it is a sign of progress that Member States of the World Health…
From uniformity to diversity
An excellent analysis by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food System.
Interesting publications Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
On the website of "Review on Antimicrobial Resistance you can find various interesting publications on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Indigenous cow to check drop in milk supply
Dairy provides livelihood to 60 million rural households in India, but the impact of global warming could have an impact on overall milk…
Policybrief Penha Uganda
Our partner PENHA in Uganda and their Policybrief on Milk production with minimal use of antibiotics and other chemicals.
New infographics
We have developed some new infographics on our topic of antibiotic residues and our initiative.
The hidden effects of dairy farming on public and environmental health, considering the use of antibiotics and other agro-chemicals
The current and expected growth of the world’s population warrants an increased production of high-quality animal protein.
Great interest for NLF Antibiotic reduction strategy at World Bank
This week Katrien van’t Hooft, director of Dutch Farm Experience, presented the experience of the Natural Livestock Farming network related…
Ruminants and methane: not the fault of the animals
Cattle and sheep are blamed for contributing to greenhouse gases, belching out methane, and farmers in the future are likely to be taxed…
Review on Antimicrobial Resistance
See paper published by the independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), in which they consider the impact of antibiotic use in…
Drugs make bugs
Did you know that superbugs -- dangerous bacteria resistant to antibiotics -- are spreading from farms and into our communities?
Agroecology Case Study: Reviving the Ankole Longhorns of Uganda
Ankole Longhorn cattle can survive in extremely harsh, dry conditions such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa – which is becoming drier and…
Natural Livestock Farming India platform launched
This meeting was held at TransDisciplinary University (TDU) in Bangalore.
Milk from State contains least quantity of antibiotic residue, says study
Last Saturday the Indian Donor and Knowledge Holders Meeting, sponsored by Natural Livestock Farming took place in Bangalore.
Widespread misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance threatens public health – UN health agency
A recent multi-country survey revealed that people are confused about the rising threat of antibiotic resistance to public health and are…
World Bank officials learn about Natural Livestock Farming
A group of 11 World Bank officials working on food safety visited the organic Remeker farm in Lunteren, the Netherlands on Tuesday 10…
Report from CDDEP on antibiotics
Please read the report "The state of the world's antibiotics 2015" from CDDEP.
BIFAD 2015 AWARD for Dr. Getachew Gebru Tegegn
The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) honored Dr. Getachew Gebru Tegegn, our Ethiopian partner in the…
View on Dutch Organic Dairy sector
As requested on the evaluation day at 4th October of the India/Uganda/Ethiopia/Dutch exchange in the Netherlands, more background…
International Association Natural Livestock Farming launched!
During a vibrant international event in the city council hall of the province of Overijssel in Zwolle, the Dutch platform 'Natuurlijke…
POLICYBRIEF: The transition to Natural Dairy Farming
With the increasing intensification of dairy farming worldwide, the use of antibiotics and other chemicals is growing.
International symposium: Green solutions for reducing antibiotics
International collaboration to promote the use, validation and marketing of herbal products in dairy farming
Review of Evidence on Antimicrobial Resistance and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries
Interesting article on ILRI website...
Herbs oust antibiotics
Because of restrictions on the use of antibiotics, livestock farmers are increasingly resorting to herbal remedies, bacterial drinks and…
More balance, less antibiotics – India exchange visit 2015
During this ten days visit the delegation stays at the TDU – Transdisciplinary University in Bangalore, which is the location of the I-AIM…
Dutch delegation visited Ethiopian State Minister for Livestock Development
As part of the E-Motive Exchange visit (Exchange project between Netherlands and Ethiopia/Uganda on cattle breeding for resilient dairy…