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About
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.
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Articles by Annechien ten Have Mellema
September 22, 2022
<strong>Effective Government Regulation Embraces Science and the Farmers Perspective</strong>
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 …
Read article →May 9, 2022
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 …
Read article →April 21, 2022
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. E…
Read article →September 23, 2021
2021 Kleckner Award for Global Farm Leadership
This year the Global Farmer Network is honoring three GFN farmers with the 2021 Kleckner Award for Global Farmer Leadership. They are Annechien ten Ha…
Read article →March 23, 2021
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, dis…
Read article →January 14, 2021
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 bran…
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