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  • Juan Felipe Camacho Mancheno Wins Fourth Edition of the Adri den Dekker Prize

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    28-01-2025

    Juan Felipe Camacho Mancheno, a fourth-year International Food & Agribusiness student at HAS green academy, has been announced as this year’s proud winner of the Adri den Dekker Prize. This prestigious award, presented annually by HAK, challenges students to develop the best ideas to make agriculture more sustainable and future-proof. The prize also includes a €2000 scholarship.

  • Bram van Helvoirt nominated for Food 100

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    20-09-2024

    IntroFood100 recently presented the 100 most influential Dutch food changemakers of the moment for the eighth time, and HAS teacher Bram van Helvoirt has also been nominated!

  • Carolina Tavares wins HAK challenge 2024

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    26-04-2024

    Carolina, a 4th-year student at the International Food & Agribusiness programme, is this year's proud winner of the Adri den Dekker Prize. With this incentive prize, HAK challenges students each year to come up with the best idea to make agriculture more sustainable and future-proof. The prize includes a study cheque of €2,000.

  • Tasting the Future at HAS Food Experience 2024

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    30-01-2024

    Winners FoodmanShip Awards revealed! On 30 January, the promising winners of the FoodmanShip Awards 2024 were announced at the annual HAS Food Experience, organised by HAS green academy. Six driven students, almost ready to enter the job market, were awarded for their exceptional contributions to the food systems and nutrition of the future. All within the theme: 'Taste the Future'.

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    HAS Food Experience 2024

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    19-01-2024

    On January 30th, 2024 the HAS Food Experience will take place again. Come get inspired and meet promising young talents who are (almost) ready to enter the work field!

  • Frans van Leijden Award: thanks for voting!

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    16-10-2023

    Under the leadership and direction of Frans van Leijden, HAS green academy (in his time HAS hogeschool) in Venlo has become a vibrant branch. As a tribute to him, following his death in 2020, we have therefore created the Frans van Leijden Award. This year we are presenting this award for the 2nd time.

  • Who will win the Frans van Leijden award? Vote now!

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    27-09-2023

    Under the leadership and direction of Frans van Leijden, HAS green academy (in his time HAS hogeschool) in Venlo has become a vibrant branch. As a tribute to him, following his death in 2020, we have therefore created the Frans van Leijden Award. This year we are presenting this award for the 2nd time.

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    HAS green academy wins international design award

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    26-09-2023

    HAS green academy, university of applied sciences and knowledge institution for agriculture, food and the living environment in Den Bosch and Venlo, has won an international design award. The new house style, created by Venlo based design studio Luidspreker, has been awarded a Red Dot Design Award: Brands & Communication Design 2023 in the category Corporate Design & Identity.

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    Institution Plan 2024 – 2027 available

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    06-09-2023

    Under the header of ‘Towards 2030’, colleagues, students and HAS contacts in the professional work field made concerted efforts last year to sharpen the focus point for the future of our knowledge institution in the years ahead. Different perspectives were explored and discussed. The result is a balanced and ambitious plan that reflects our mission, vision and ambitions.

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    Institution Plan 2024 – 2027 available

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    10-07-2023

    Under the header of ‘Towards 2030’, colleagues, students and HAS contacts in the professional work field made concerted efforts last year to sharpen the focus point for the future of our knowledge institution in the years ahead. Different perspectives were explored and discussed. The result is a balanced and ambitious plan that reflects our mission, vision and ambitions.

  • Submitting nominations Frans van Leijden Award 2023

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    05-06-2023

    Apply yourself or a (recent) HAS graduate student for a chance to win the Frans van Leijden Award 2023. Read on quickly for all details on applying for nominations, criteria, prize and procedure.

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    SEAD-West: development horticultural education Rwanda

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    04-05-2023

    During the international SEAD-West project, HAS green academy worked on the development of horticultural education in the western province of Rwanda. How can we give this a boost and what guidance is needed? The project was completed for HAS green academy.

  • Futureproof livestock farming

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    28-03-2023

    We report the successful completion on the 24th of March 2023 of the first Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) course that combined both physical and virtual learning. The BIP course was organized by four different higher education institutions from 4 different Erasmus+ programme countries, Finland (SeAMK - Proponent), Netherlands (HAS green academy), Portugal (IPC-ESAC) and Spain (UVA-ETSIIAA) and was funded by the Erasmus+ mobility programme. The course “Future proof animal production system” began with a physical learning session in the organising country, Finland (SeAMK) from the 6th to the 10th of March. The virtual learning sessions were held from the 13th to the 24th of March 2023. A total of 20 students attended the course and successfully completed all the objectives defined in the course.

  • Ingeborg Haagsma-Boels

    Ingeborg Haagsma-Boels new professor of Protein Transition in Food

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    24-01-2023

    On 1 January 2023, Dr Ingeborg Haagsma-Boels was appointed as professor of Protein Transition in Food. She takes over from Fred van de Velde. Her arrival broadens the scope of the research group to include the development of products with alternative proteins for human consumption. This means that the research group will focus on cellular agriculture and insects, as well as plant based proteins.

  • HAS and Avans aim to improve the health and lifestyle of inhabitants through research programme

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    19-01-2023

    HAS green academy and Avans University of Applied Sciences are implementing a research infrastructure within the Healthy Living Environments programme, together with a large group of consortium partners. This will see the development of new knowledge, methods and best practices in the area of healthy living environments. These are environments that contribute to longer and healthier lives for the people in these environments. The educational institutions were recently awarded a SPRONG grant for phase 1 of the programme.

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    Graduating students investigate avocado value chain in Kenya

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    15-12-2022

    HAS green academy is working until May 2024 on the FORQLAB project, food loss/waste and food quality in the Kenyan avocado value chain. In a series of graduation assignments, students, lecturers and education and industry partners will take a close look at avocado cultivation in central and western Kenya.

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