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Stay up to date with the latest developments at Antonie. Here you'll find company announcements, project updates, insights from our team, and stories from the field as we work to improve soil health through data-driven, nature-based solutions.
Presenting AI technology for soil life during Praktijknetwerk
Toekomstgericht Telen
🗓️ June 12th, 2025
On June 5, our co-founder Bob Klein Lankhorst spoke at the third gathering of the Praktijknetwerk Toekomstgericht Telen in Uddel. In Arend Versteeg's beautiful inn among the woods and fields, we engaged in a conversation about the role of AI in measuring soil life.
CEN/TC 444’s Role in Shaping Soil Monitoring Standards for the EU
🗓️ June 10th, 2025
Antonie contributed to a key European workshop on harmonizing soil pollution data for the upcoming Soil Monitoring Law (SML). This article highlights the importance of standardization and the role of CEN/TC 444 in shaping EU-wide soil monitoring practices.
Sharing Soil Insights at the ReGeNL Consortium
🗓️ June 7th, 2025
On June 4th, our co-founder Peter den Hartog took the stage during the ReGeNL Consortium Meeting in Kamerik. It was a day fully dedicated to profitable regenerative agriculture. In a program filled with inspiring real-world stories, panel discussions, and a vibrant networking market, we shared our insights on how measuring biodiversity through nematodes can become a standard part of sustainable soil management.
Mapping Soil Life at Scale: 300,000 Nematodes and Counting
🗓️ June 6th, 2025
In the Antonie lab, soil life is being uncovered at unprecedented speed.
Within 18 months, we have now accumulated over 300.000 images of individual nematodes, and it feels like we’ve only just begun.
These entrepreneurs are using AI to analyze tiny organisms in the soil
🗓️ June 2nd, 2025
De Telegraaf featured Antonie, previously known as HAL24K Agri, in an article on our mission to regenerate agriculture through AI and soil data. Read the article on De Telegraaf’s website to learn more.
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Bob Klein Lankhorst Appointed Convenor of CEN/TC 444
🗓️ May 26th, 2025
Following a successful workshop in Prague during the annual CEN/TC 444 meeting week, we’re proud to share that our Chief Soil Officer Bob Klein Lankhorst has been appointed as the Convenor of Working Group 8 "Assessment" within CEN/TC 444 – Environmental Characterisation of Solid Matrices.
Big News for Europe's Soils – and for Our Future!
🗓️ April 18th, 2025
With a provisional agreement now in place, the EU is making a decisive move toward safeguarding one of its most crucial natural assets: the soil beneath our feet. The newly proposed Soil Monitoring Law, part of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030, lays the foundation for a harmonised, science-based soil health monitoring system across all member states. It aims to bring soil protection on par with existing EU laws for water, air, and marine ecosystems.
