The Netherlands-Pig Farming
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...
Annechien ten Have Mellema
For Farmers, Every Day is Earth Day
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...
Celebrating the Power of a Farmer's Story
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 ...
Myths about food safety
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...
The Netherlands Farm Tour-Pork
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...
Supplying The Worlds Pork
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...
Netherlands GFN member named Agricultural Entrepreneur 2019!
Congratulations to Global Farmer Network member Annechien Ten Have Mellema, her family and their Hamletz brand for being votedAgricultural Entrepren...
Video: Vote Hamletz!
UPDATE on March 28, 2019:
Exciting news from Annechien that Hamletz won 'Agricultural Entrepreneur' for 2019 in the Netherlands!
Congratulations to our GF...
Europe Needs an Open Dialogue About GMOs that Includes Farmers
Here in Europe, we hear a lot of negative claims about GMOs. People dont trust them, say the activist groups. Or they arent natural. Or they just enrich big c...
Annechien ten Have Mellema
Farmer, Beerta, Netherlands
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.