Tag: Organic food
Nutrition turnaround in Munich: The organic quota is not controlled – Munich
Since 2006, Munich has prided itself on being an “organic city”. At that time, the city council launched a project of the same name, which has now been joined by…
Tegut takes over Basic – Economy
Shortly before Christmas, the employees of the organic supermarket chain Basic received the bad news: the company is insolvent and is to be restructured under self-administration. Now there is a…
climate crisis: "Inflation would be 100 percent if we decoupled from China"
Ethical consumption, only something for Generation X, Y, Z? Politicians who should take care of sustainability? No, everything is very different, thinks Alexander Birken. The head of the Otto Group…
Pesticide industry must be liable for damage in the organic sector – economy
That’s the thing with long-standing problems. If no solution can be found, at some point you take it for granted. That’s how it works in the organic sector. For decades…
Bio: Bioverband demands compensation from pesticide manufacturers – economy
German organic producers pay many millions of euros a year to test organic products for toxin residues – costs that consumers ultimately have to bear. An organic association no longer…
Bavaria: Organic farmers are confident about the new year. – Bavaria
The Bavarian organic farmers are optimistic about the new year. It is true that they are also struggling with general price increases and high inflation, especially since they have put…
Why insect decline is life-threatening for humans – knowledge
Hardly any flies on the windshield, fewer and fewer birds in the fields and meadows: the biodiversity crisis has not gone unnoticed by observant contemporaries for some time. Scientific studies…
Cem Özdemir: Wants to please everyone – between organic and farmer lobby – politics
So first to the pig, it’s next to a few corn plants in Hall 23a. Cem Özdemir doesn’t want to pet the animal, after all it’s only made of plastic.…
Agriculture in the district of Ebersberg: Award for Herrmannsdorf – Ebersberg
The Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten recently received an award for their butcher shop. The editors of the magazine Feinschmecker honor the best butchers in Germany every year and the Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten are…
Insolvent organic supermarket chain Basic: Interview with Georg Schweisfurth – Ebersberg
Georg Schweisfurth is a co-founder of the insolvent organic supermarket chain Basic. He believes the company will recover. A conversation about what he thinks needs to change. Interviewed by Michaela…