Tag: Organic farming
Munich: How the all-round sustainable potato drive helps those in need – Munich
With cheers, dozens of people pounce on the overturned container and stuff their pockets with potatoes. Many wear colorful Lycra and bicycle helmets. Because this is the start of the…
Number of organic farms increased
As of: April 3, 2024 10:58 a.m The number of farms committed to organic farming has increased in the past year. More than one in ten companies now rely on…
Agricultural policy: How the EU Commission wants to appease the farmers – politics
In order to accommodate the protesting farmers, the EU Commission wants to urgently defuse the eco-rules of European agricultural policy. The authority led by Ursula von der Leyen has drawn…
Bavaria: Organic is on the rise again – Bavaria
The last few years have been a rollercoaster of emotions for organic farmers and the organic industry: first the Corona pandemic with the unprecedented boom in demand for organic food,…
Bavaria: The new dispute over genetic engineering – Bavaria
The cultivation of genetically modified plants is prohibited in Bavaria. Now the EU wants to significantly relax the requirements for crops that are produced using so-called new genetic techniques. Conservationists,…
Agriculture in Bavaria: Since 2013, around 12,000 farmers have given up farming. – Bavaria
The Bavarian Agriculture Minister Michaela Kaniber (CSU) continually accuses the Berlin traffic light of using its agricultural policy to force farmers in Bavaria and Germany to give up, thereby causing…
Bavaria: Organic beer and water conservation – Bavaria
At Neumarkter Lammsbräu they calculated exactly to the euro what the 188 suppliers from whom the brewery sources organic grain and organic raw materials are doing for the groundwater. Organic…
SZ podcast: Farmer protests: Are farmers the nation’s doormats? – Business
Thousands of farmers mobilized against the traffic light government on Monday to protest against the planned removal of tax breaks. “We won’t accept this,” shouted farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied at…
Bavaria’s organic agriculture is stalling – Bavaria
The area of organically farmed fields and pastures in Bavaria has grown steadily for many years. Now it is actually stagnating for the first time. This emerges from the current…
“The business doesn’t run on idealism alone” – Munich
The potato combine in the west of Munich is the largest solidarity farm in Germany. A conversation with board members Daniel Überall and Jana Hohberger about growth, co-determination and the…