NLF is a world-wide network of practitioners and scientists in the field of natural livestock farming. You can join us by:
- Become part of the E-list and social media
- Look into our videos, films and other publications
- Are you a MSc of PhD student? We can supply content support in the field of student research in topics related to natural livestock farming
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are several ways to become connected as an individual. You can become part of the NLF e-list, where we update each other on the latest activities and insights. Or follow us on social media. You can also join our regular NLF webinars on specific topics. Please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@naturallivestockfarming.com.
If you are located in one of the participating countries (India, Ethiopia, Uganda, Netherlands) you can connect to the NLF representatives in the country. See NLF country pages.
For those living outside these countries and interested to become part of the network: we can join forces to find funds for a local project in your country, and sign an MOU. Please send us your ideas by connecting through info@naturallivestockfarming.com.
We are in the process of developing NLF training sessions, on specific topics related to cattle/farm management, strategic breeding, use of herbs (ethnovet medicine), milk quality and farm income (NLF 5-layers). Moreover, we can offer courses on Lessons learnt in Dutch dairy farming; and Participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation with smallholder dairy farmers. Courses and the cost of participation will be announced on the website.
Some of the NLF at country level have specialized in other livestock species, such as chicken and small ruminants in India, and pigs, chicken, small ruminants, rabbits etc in the Netherlands.
Reducing the use of antibiotics in dairy farming was the topic at the start of the activities of the Foundation. Steadily we became aware that resistance against antibiotics is not the only issue related to resistance: also the resistance of ticks against acaricides, and resistance of worms against anthelmintics is growing. Moreover, the relevance of this problem is rapidly growing due to climate change. We found that our methodology of joint learning and application of the NLF 5-layer approach is also effective for these challenges.