IFOAM | 2nd IFOAM Animal Husbandry Conference

Building on the first IFOAM conference in the US in 2006, farmers and scientists will once again have the opportunity to exchange information and build new partnerships at the 2nd IFOAM International Organic Animal Husbandry. Although organic livestock production has made significant advances over the last few decades, navigating complex regulatory frameworks and dealing with other challenges facing the sector, organic livestock systems will benefit from an exchange at the international level.

This conference will concentrate on health and food safety in organic livestock production systems, marketing trends, innovation in organic livestock production systems and livestock breeding strategies. Key figures from around the world will present the diversity of organic livestock systems, including opportunities and challenges on the horizon. Topics will relate to a wide range of livestock species: cattle, poultry, pigs, small ruminants, fish, bees, rabbits, horses and others.

For more information about the conference, please contact events@ifoam.org

The conference will be held in Hamburg, one of the most exciting cities of northern Europe (1.7 million inhabitants), at the Bio-Center of the University of Hamburg:

Biozentrum Klein Flottbek,
Ohnhorststr. 18
D-22609 Hamburg, Germany

September is the best month to visit the city, accommodation in every price category is available (see for instance http://www.hrs.de for information on accommodation).

Größere Kartenansicht

- Workshop n°1: “Cattle and Climate”
- Workshop n°2: “Market Development of Organic Livestock Production”
- Workshop n°3: “Organic Grazing Systems in Wet Areas”
- Workshop n°4: “Organic Grazing Systems in Dry Areas”

- Workshop n°1: “Improving Health and Welfare in Organic Animal Husbandry”
- Workshop n°2: “Poultry Systems: Eggs”
- Workshop n°3: “Poultry Systems: Meat”
- Workshop n°4: “Antibiotics”
- Workshop n°5: Organic Farming Innovation Award Summit: Innovation for Organic (click HERE to download the program)

- Workshop n°1: “Alternative Approaches in Organic Dairy Farming”
- Workshop n°2: “Organic Sheep and Goat Systems”
- Workshop n°3: “Sustainability in Organic Dairy Farming”
- Workshop n°4: “Pig Systems”

- Workshop n°1: “Future Breeding”
- Workshop n°2: “Future Feeding”
- Workshop n°3: “Future Food Safety/Security”
- Workshop n°4: “Aspects of Treatment”