Czech Republic
Farmářská škola
A higher vocational school for organic and biodynamic farming near Prague. Students learn roughly 70 percent on partner farms and 30 percent in the classroom.
farmarskaskola.czWhere to go from here
If you are interested in training, farm succession and entering farming without a family farm, these are the projects that build on our work.
Czech Republic
Germany: three incubator projects
Nationwide
Ackerpreneurs
A pilot project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH), financed by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank. Aspiring farmers test their business idea for up to two years on an existing farm.
ackerpreneurs.deHamburg
FarmStarter Hamburg
A research project on farm succession and new entrants in and around Hamburg, focusing on the Vier- und Marschlande.
kulturland.de/farmstarterElbe Valley region
FarmStarter Elbe Valley
Two incubator farms that serve as testing, learning and development spaces for new entrants to farming, run within the Elbe Valley innovation alliance.
farmstarter-elbevalley.dePartner networks in Europe
National networks of farm incubators and test spaces in other countries.
France
RENETA
Réseau National des Espaces-Test Agricoles, the French network of agricultural test spaces, founded in 2012.
reneta.frSpain
RETA
Red de Espacios Test Agrarios, the Spanish network of farm incubators.
espaciostestagrarios.orgUnited Kingdom
Farmstart UK
The UK Farmstart Network, coordinated by the Land Workers' Alliance, supports farm-start projects that give new entrants a space to build skills and test their ideas.
landworkersalliance.org.uk