Jerke de Vries
Associate professor Regenerative Food Systems at Van Hall Larenstein.
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4 June
Associate professor Regenerative Food Systems at Van Hall Larenstein.
Online Open Day
19 March
Online Open Day
4 June
Online Open Day
19 March
Online Open Day
4 June
Associate professor Regenerative Food Systems at Van Hall Larenstein.
Jerke de Vries graduated in agricultural engineering and earned his PhD with the thesis 'From animals to crops - Environmental consequences of current and future strategies for manure management'.
He has been working at VHL as a researcher since 2014, first in the field of biobased economy and new proteins and now as associate professor regenerative food systems. In his work, Jerke focuses on quantifying and and analysing (sustainable) agricultural and food systems. Through these analyses, a more informed discussion is possible than when only qualitative data is available. Fair independent analyses are needed that offer an integral picture than just following trends and popular ideas.
For example, during his PhD research, he found out that applying some solutions in the manure chain creates a sub-optimal situation and a system design is needed to solve it. By developing and analysing new low-tech/high-efficiency designs, he found that emissions and nitrogen efficiency in the chain could soon be reduced or increased by half respectively. He also likes to apply this view to (sustainable) agricultural systems.
The associate applied research group Regenerative Food Systems investigates (local) agroecological production of food chains that provide sufficient and healthy food. By investigating the economic and ecological impact of regenerative food systems compared to conventional agriculture, more can be said about the potential contribution to sustainability goals, earning potential and reductions in negative environmental impact at different scales.