• Investigating the positive and negative economic, ecological, and social impacts of Regenerative Food Systems.
• Sustainability of agriculture and the food system.
• Providing insights into the positive and negative impacts of Regenerative Food Systems.
• Regenerative Food Systems collaborates with researcher-lecturers through project-based education, graduation projects, and guest lectures.
• Regenerative Food Systems works with partners both domestically and internationally.

The associate applied research Group (co-)develops projects and contributes to projects in other applied research groups by applying the available knowledge. The projects involve collaboration with other universities of applied sciences, governments, and partners both domestically and internationally.

Participation in the following projects

• Action perspectives Agroforestry (Handelingsperspectieven Agroforestry, part of the Applied Research Group Management of Forested Landscapes). This project aims to develop action perspectives for farmers who want to start with agroforestry.
• Life+ Farming the Future (part of the Applied Research Group Management of Forested Landscapes). This project aims to promote the further development of agroforestry in the EU. Within the project, two LCAs are being worked on regarding production in agroforestry systems.
• Regenerative Arable Farming (Regeneratieve Open Teelten, ROT, part of sustainable soil Emiel Elferink). This project focuses on regenerative agriculture. The earning potential of applying various regenerative measures is analysed.
• Circular Land Management (Circulair Terreinbeheer, led by HAS Green Academy). This project focuses on the processing and application of bokashi and organic residual flows. The earning potential and applications of organic residual flows as soil improvers are examined.
• Climate-robust Brook Landscapes (Klimaatrobuuste Beeklandschappen, led by HAS Green Academy). This project focuses on the development of climate-resilient brook landscapes. Three areas in Northern, Central, and Southern Netherlands are being studied.

• Pelman, A., De Vries, J.W., Tepper, S., Esel, G., Carmel, Y., Shepon, A., submitted. A life‐cycle approach highlights the nutritional and environmental superiority of agroecology over conventional farming: a case study of a Mediterranean farm.
• El Mahdi, J., Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., De Vries, J.W., submitted. Separation and nutrient losses from a novel source segregation system for dairy excreta.
• Neysari, P., De Vries, J.W., Ogink, N.W.M., Amon, B., Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., 2023. Reviewing the N‐gap in livestock manure systems. Direct and indirect methods for measuring N losses and perspectives for quantifying N2 emission. Biosystems Engineering, 229, 179 – 199.
• De Vries, J.W., Eweg, R., 2019. Environmental consequences of valorising agricultural by‐products. In: Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture. Ed. Prof. Bo P. Weidema, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, p. 300. ISBN‐13: 9781786762283.

For more information or collaboration opportunities, please feel free to contact us.

Dr. Jerke de Vries
Associate professor Regenerative Food Systems

E-mail: j.devries@hvhl.nl
Telephone: +31 26 369 1234