He lasted less than a year: The Dutch Minister of Agriculture has quit his post, after only nine months on the job and following a summer of protests by farmer...
Annechien ten Have Mellema is a farmer in Beerta in the northern part of the Netherlands, and a member of the Global Farmer Network. She is the first Better Lif...
Earth Day comes once a year, always on April 22—but supporters like to say that Earth Day should be every day.
For farmers like me, it really is.
Every day of...
Farmers are the best people for telling their own stories. So let us tell you a story about storytelling.
Once upon a time, three farmers from three different ...
This year the Global Farmer Network is honoring three GFN farmers with the 2021 Kleckner Award for Global Farmer Leadership. They are Annechien ten Have Mellema...
As part of a Global Farmer Network webinar, farmer Paul Temple from the United Kingdom and farmer Annechien ten Have Mellema from the Netherlands, discuss myths...
Annechien ten Have Mellema farms with her husband and son in The Netherlands. They are innovative producers focused on humanely raised pigs for a branded produ...
There may not be enough pigs in the world to make up for the losses that Chinaand the rest of Asiais about to suffer from a new outbreak of African swine feve...
Congratulations to Global Farmer Network member Annechien Ten Have Mellema, her family and their Hamletz brand for being votedAgricultural Entrepren...
UPDATE on March 28, 2019:
Exciting news from Annechien that Hamletz won 'Agricultural Entrepreneur' for 2019 in the Netherlands!
Congratulations to our GF...
Recognized as by the GFN as a 2021 Kleckner Award for Global Farm Leadership award recipient, Annechien ten Have Mellema has been farming since 1993. On her farm you'll find 600 sows, 5,000 finishers, wheat, sugar beets and corn and a biogas plant 1,1 MW. She is a pork industry leader, member of the board of a Local Water Authority, and member of the Council on Animal Affairs. Annechien is founder of Hamletz, scharrelvlees van Annechien her own brand of pork.
