{"id":8168,"date":"2021-08-18T16:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charleroi-metropole.be\/2021\/08\/18\/de-boerderij-van-tilleul-in-seloignes-toont-hoe-het-anders-kan\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T13:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:34:32","slug":"the-goings-on-down-at-the-tilleul-farm-seloignes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/the-goings-on-down-at-the-tilleul-farm-seloignes\/","title":{"rendered":"The goings-on down at the Tilleul farm (Seloignes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe animals are born and raised on the farm. We take care of their welfare. We only sell a handful of products, but our approach to breeding means they are very high quality,\u201d explains Ang\u00e9lique, an organic farmer from the Tilleul farm<\/a> in Seloignes.<\/p>\n

Farid and Angelique Everaerts arrived in Seloignes in 2009 and found a building that was perfect for them. \u201cWe were looking for a small farm where we could live and work according to our values,\u201d explains Farid.<\/p>\n

The farm consists of a main building and two stables, all surrounded by about ten hectares of land. \u201cWhen we arrived here with our agricultural designs, people thought we were crazy,\u201d he says. \u201cTo them, the farm was too small to be viable. Today, we have proved everyone wrong by proposing an alternative production system to industrial livestock farming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Vaches-qui-mangent\"
The animals are fed with quality feed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Animals raised in a closed circuit<\/h2>\n

In his first season, Farid tried out the traditional route of raising animals and selling them to meat wholesalers. \u201cThis approach is economically feasible with many animals. But for us, this type of breeding simply didn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n