Peter is a young farmer from The Netherlands. He works in a partnership with his parents and brother on their arable family farm, where they grow starch potatoes, sugar beets, barley, onions, fiber hemp, and corn. They also provide contract work in the dairy sector and are involved in agricultural nature management. Peter has aspirations of taking over the farm fully in the future. With a background in International Relations (Groningen) and Agricultural Economics (Wageningen), along with a passion for farming, he has been actively engaged in national and EU agricultural policy. In 2021, he was appointed to the national board of NAJK, representing Dutch young farmers within CEJA. He was elected President of CEJA in June 2023.
“A CAP fit for the future is a CAP that invests in the young generations of farmers, providing them with pathways to solve the sustainability equation. We need to think about our agricultural policy in a less isolated way; that means looking at other policies, other governance levels, and market trends and bringing consistency between them”
