Foodlog Café XXL: De Vegan Veehouder

Can you be a poultry farmer and not eat your own eggs? In the film De Vegan Veehouder (The Vegan Livestock Farmer), photographer and documentary maker Kadir van Lohuizen follows Limburg poultry farmer Ruud Zanders. After the bankruptcy of his large-scale poultry businesses, Ruud started a smaller and more sustainable operation. This new concept, Kipster, has since attracted worldwide attention and is on the verge of an international breakthrough. But meanwhile, the farmer himself is increasingly questioning the why of keeping animals for food. For his own consumption, he now avoids meat, dairy and eggs as much as possible. Do we really need animals in the global food system?

On February 2nd, the documentary comes to Ede, right in the heart of the area with the highest poultry density in Europe. We will have an open conversation with the sector and other interested parties about the societal challenges facing the poultry industry. What future is there for chicken farmers? When are you doing well, or well enough, in terms of animal welfare and/or extensification? And what does that mean for the international market? What fits in the region? The conversation will be moderated by the initiator of the Foodlog Café @WFC: Dick Veerman.

Feel like getting warmed up beforehand? In the lead-up to the Foodlog Café @WFC XXL, Foodlog made 3 podcasts to get you in the mood."

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What to expect

19:00 | Walk-in with coffee & tea
19:30 | Documentary The Vegan Livestock Farmer & Good Talk led by Dick Veerman with Ruud Zanders, among others
21:00 | Drinks & bites
22:00 | End

Practical

• Monday, February 2, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• The Mauritskazerne in Ede (free parking)
• Participation is free of charge, but full = full! You can register here.

The film was commissioned by The Food Revolution Foundation, with support from, among others, the Barth-Misset Fund. The tour is made possible in part by the province of Limburg, Triodos Foundation and the Symbio Foundation.

The main partner of this Ede edition is the Municipality of Ede. Made possible in part by Next Venue/De Mauritskazerne.