THe yOUNG FaRmeRS’ COMmItTee, A DIALOGUE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION… Created in 2022 with a view to engaging dialogue with young cooperative farmers and making cooperative governance more attractive to them, the young far- mers’ committee has 23 members who volunteer for a three-year term. The first group was the class of 2023-2025. All have the same ambition: to understand their business better, but also to ensure their voices are heard, and to contribute to VIVESCIA’s future strategy: • thematic workshops — around four per year ; • regular dialogue with the Board of Directors ; • meetings with experts and access to dedicated training modules, and a study trip in the second year. It is also a chance to broaden their entrepreneurial horizons and, why not, learn more about the Board member’s role. It has maintained its momentum. The recruitment of a new cohort — around twenty farmers from across all Cooperative territories — will be completed by the end of 2025. 20 and 21 January: training session on “Finance and decision-making” with Martin Migonney 2 and 3 June : two days behind the scenes of the barley value chain, from seed to beer Visits to the seed station in Rethel, malting barley test fields in Tagnon and Heutrégiville, the malting plant in Vitry-le-François, and meetings with Malteurop’s management team 30 April: seminar with the Young Farmers’ Committee – workshops on “Ma Coop 2030” and “How to welcome a new Cooperative member within VIVESCIA” MAY 2025 JUNE 2025 35