War isn't stopping farming in Ukraine; stolen ag equipment stopping for Russians
Kees Huizinga is a farmer in Ukraine and a member of the Global Farmer Network. He knows that this will be a year like no other. Just to survive, he’ll have to ...
Kornelis Kees Huizinga
The Challenging Experiment of Planting Season 2022 in Ukraine
On my farm in Ukraine, we are embarking on a challenging experiment: We’re going to see how much food we can grow in the most overwhelming conditions imaginable...
Food insecurity: Interview with Huizinga
After spending the last few weeks telling of the threat to food security from Russia's war on Ukraine, Kees Huizinga is returning to Ukraine for spring crop pla...
GFN Members taking Ukrainian farmers' plea to German Parliament
Two members of the Global Farmer Network---Kees Huizinga, Ukraine and Marcus Holtkoetter, Germany---met in Düsseldorf to explain the plight of Ukrainian far...
Huizinga on his way to Europe to ask for support
If there are power cuts in Ukraine, electrity or internet would be lost. And if he loses access to his network, Kees Huizinga could no longer use his voice to a...
Interview with Kees Huizinga, a GFN farmer from Ukraine
Kees Huizinga is a Dutch farmer who has been farming in Ukraine for the past 20 years. At the start of the war, he sent his wife and kids out of the country and...
The Global Agriculture Community Stands in Solidarity with Ukraine
When I became a farmer, I knew that I’d have to wage a figurative war on the traditional foes of food production: pests, weeds, and disease.
I didn’t expect to...
World Milk Day - June 1
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) back in 2001 established June 1 as World Milk Day, "which celebrates the important c...
Honest Views About Trade From Ukraine
Kornelius 'Kees' Huizinga is a Dutch transplant who has been farming in Ukraine since 2003, a country often referred to as the "bread basket of Europe". Kees p...
Kornelis Kees Huizinga
Farmer, Ukraine
Kornelis ‘Kees’ Huizinga has farmed in central Ukraine for 20 years, growing onions, carrots, wheat, barley, canola, sugar beet, corn, sunflowers and navy beans. They also have a modern dairy farm. Kees is a member of the Global Farmer Network www.globalfarmernetwork.org