The Belgian and Dutch guild of agricultural journalists (BVLJ and NVLJ) in conjunction with the European Network of Agricultural journalist (ENAJ) welcome you to join the Innovative Pig Production Tour from May 17th until May 21st, 2014.
Program
The Innovative Pig Productin Tour will take place in the border area between Belgium and The Netherlands, one of the most productive regions with regards to pig production. The tour will offer visits to pig farms, a feed mill and the new innovative Feed Design Lab, a facility that focuses on development of novel food and feed. Besides the practical side of modern pig production, we’ll discuss the use of antibiotics and innovative pig production in an European perspective.
In addition to this tour you will be invited to visit VIV Europe in Utrecht. The international exhibition VIV Europe offers a broad perspective on the international innovative meat production with a main focus on pig and poultry.
More details on the program are given in the attachment with this email.
Price
Those participants who register before March 21th are offered an early bird price*: 175 euro per person for a double room and 275 euro per person for a single room.
After March 15th prices will rise with 50 euro’s per person. Due to hotel reservation registrations entered after March 21th can’t be refunded.
*The price includes your accommodation, meals and transport during the tour. It doesn’t include travelling to and from The Netherlands and your personal expenses.
Registration
If you wish to take part in this Tour please fill in the participation form attached and return this to siemesha@planet.nl as soon as possible.
The number of participants is limited.
Join in
On behalf of the Belgian and Dutch guild of agricultural journalists we hope to welcome you in The Netherlands and show you what the Belgian and Dutch pig production is all about and the dilemma’s the production chain is facing. The Innovative Pig Production Tour will offer you ample opportunity to inform yourself and your public on modern pig production in Europe in general and in The Netherlands and Belgium specifically.
As the number of participants is limited, we invite you to send in your registration form as soon as possible.
Come and join us. We hope to see you in May!
Jacques Van Outryve, president of the Belgian guild
Jacqueline Wijbenga, president of the Dutch guild
and
Jef Verhaeren, president of the European Network of Agricultural Journalist (ENAJ, www.enaj.org <http://www.enaj.org> )
ENAJ
Drève Sainte Anne-Sint-Annadreef 68B
1020 Bruxelles-Brussel
Tel. +32(0)2/478.91.64
Jef.verhaeren@telenet.be
Ernest Claesstraat 3
2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Tel. +32(0)15/31.58.08
Fax +32(0)15/31.47.63
GSM +32(0)477.48.84.15
