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Identifying food as primary human and planetary healthcare

Eisenhower Fellowship Program'15

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In May 2015, from disciplines academic, and private & public sectors too, the versed EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIP network afforded me access to world renowned thought-leaders in circular agriculture.  In the six-part essay series atWhatCost is cheap food paid – I detail insights gained from notable program meetings.   (contacts listed by chapter & essay title below)

for more on me:  www.AaronNiederhelman.com

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(2) Evidence - Agriculture essay two

Chapter 1:  ONEHEALTH

DR. BASTIAAN MEERBURG;  Head of Department Livestock and Environment at Wageningen UR
DR. JAAP WAGENAAR;  Professor of clinical infections Utrecht U. &  OneHealth team

Chapter 2:  GOLDEN TRIANGLE

HENRI KOOL;  Dir. of Animal Supply Chain & Animal Welfare at Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
ELZO KANNEKENS;  Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer  – (CVO) – at Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
GERTINE VAN INGEN;  Program Manager livestock antibiotics policy at Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

Chapter 3:  DUTCH DAIRY

TJEERD DE GROOT;  Managing Director – Dutch Dairy Association – representing Dutch domestic and global markets – NZO (Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie)
ERIC HULST;  Cono Cheesemakers CEO – maker of Beemster Gouda –  a world renowned cheese recognized for sourcing the best milk on earth through it’s 115 year old grazing dairy cooperative, CONO.

Chapter 4:  PRECISION AGRICULTURE

ANTOON VAN DE VEN;  Strategic Advisor Greenport and International Affairs
SJAAK VAN DER TAK;  Mayor of Westlands, Netherlands
MICHEL GROOTSCHOLTEN;  Founder & Owner Michel Grootscholten Nursery

Chapter 6:  DUTCH MASTERS

SASKIA STUIVELING;  President High Court of State – Dutch Court of Audits 1999-2015
DR. DOP SCHEEWE;  Pediatrician with focus on ADHD & Autism


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(3) Food Value essay three

Chapter 1:  DECOMMODITIZATION

VOLKERT ENGELSMAN; CEO of Eosta and the founder of Nature & More
HENK & ANNIE KREGEL; Owner Operator of CowHotel – part of Cono Dairy network

Chapter 2:  MINIMUM THRESHOLDS

FRANS VAN DONGEN; Director of International Affairs: COV – Dutch Meat association
JOOST KORTE; Deputy Dir. -General for Agriculture & rural development, DG AGRI European Commission

Chapter 3:  CULTURAL VALUES

DR. HUUB LOFFLER; Director, Wageningen International
MICHAEL VOORDECKERS; Strategy Dir. at Hill + Knowlton – Eisenhower Fellow

Chapter 4:  SOCIETAL VALUE

JACQUELINE CRAMER; Minster of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (US equal to HUD)

DR. HENK OOSTERLING; Professor of Philosophy & Rotterdam #ChangeAgent

Chapter 5: PERSONAL WELL-BEING

FRITS THISSEN; Agricultural Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands in Brussels

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(4) Externalized Costs essay four

Chapter 1:  CIRCULAR NOT LINEAR

THIJS CUIPERS; Director – LTO Netherlands
WIM DE VRIES; Professor integrated nitrogen effect modeling, Wageningen

Chapter 2:  JUST COMMONSENSE

MARJAN VAN RIEL; Rabobank Business Manager Food & Agri
THOMAS URSEM; CSR Manager, Rabobank International

Chapter 3:  LITTER IS CONTAGIOUS

GIJS KUNEMAN; Director & Founder Center for Ag and the Environment (CLM)

Chapter 4:  WATER CONSCIOUS

HENK OVINK; Special Water envoy to the US

Chapter 5:  FOOD IGNORANCE 

JAN WILLEM VAN DER SCHANS; Short innovative food supply chains, Agricultural Economics research Institute at Wageningen

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(5) Risk Mitigation essay five

Chapter 1:  PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES

JAMES HIGGISTON; Minister-Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Mission to the EU

Chapter 2:  BUILDING THE BRIDGE

JAAP PETRAEUS; Manager Corporate Environmental affairs & Sustainability at Friesland Campina
JAN-W. STRAATSMA; Manager Sustainable Dairy – Royal Friesland Campina
ADAM ANDERS; Managing Partner – founder – Anterra Capital

Chapter 3:  BIOMIMICRY

PAUL KOPPERT; CEO and owner at Koppert Biological
DR. PIET VAN DER AAR; Managing Director – Schothorst feed research

Chapter 4:  HEALTHY FOOD ANIMALS

KOERT VERKERK; Policy Advisor International Affairs – Dutch Organisation for Agriculture and Horticulture in Brussels
POLLY RUHLAND; CEO US Beef Cattlemen’s & Eisenhower Fellow’13

Chapter 5:  INNOVATION

JORRIT JONKERS; Co-owner and operator of Oirschot Organics – an in soil glass-house production nursery