Download Organic Farming and Marketing in the Region Brandenburg/Berlin

A short description of the German case
Holger Fischer, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Landuse Research,
Institut for Landuse Systems and Landscape Ecology
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
Structure of the ‚Bioranch‘ Zempow
Consulting
Ecological Network
Müritz Ruppin
W. Schäkel
Zempow Farm, 830ha,
850 head of cattle,
Wilhelm Schäkel, PhD
Forestry company:
„Energieholz“
Falk Brune, PhD
woodchips
Marketing:
•regional
•national
•village store
umLand registered
society,
head: Carola Wöhlke
Bio KW Ltd
HeatContracting,
Village-Tourism Zempow
Comp. under priv. Law
W Schäkel & Falk Brune
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
The Zempow Farm
 founded 1992 by takeover of part of LPG
 830 ha total land
 700 head of cattle (premiums for 330 cows)
 9 overall employees
 Main output of the farm: beef (steers, heifers,
calves)
 Crop rotation: 3 years gras with clover and alfalfa,
maize, triticale, oats with vetch, Rye with vetch,
seradella as catchcrop, blue lupin, rye with vetch
 Some special crop (topinambur, ca. 20 ha)
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
WP1: The Umland e.V.
• founded in 1997
• successor to the initiatives for sustainable developement in Zempow
• main objective:
Conservate natural resources by fostering organic agriculture
 contribute to the ecological evolution of the municipality
• projects up to date:
 workshop together with German institute for urban affairs in
Dec 2000 (two days)
- strength weaknesses profile for the municipality
- Visions for the year 2029
- Developement goals for the next 10 years
- four new projects for instant implementation
• Planned projects
 Buchfinkenhof
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
The „Buchfinkenhof“
• Old homestead in Zempow
• To be developed into a small centre for the awareness of
– The relationship between man and landscape
– The developement of the rural „culture“
– The change of consumption and food habbits in time
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Multipurpose rooms
Educational kitchen
small laboratory
Show garden
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
WP2: The Greenhouse Gas Approach
CO2
thinning and
chopping
CO2
fields
oven,
95 kw
fertilize
ashes
Woodchips,
300 m3
heat energy
Farm buildings & 11
apartment houses
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
WP3: It´s the Economy!
Does local and organic (recycling) agriculture pay?
Three points of view:
• the environment
• the consumer
• the farmer
BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th
The Cost of Nitrogen
Leakage of nitrogen
Loss in
potential yield
Lower
income
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BERAS Meeting, Mikkeli, May 3rd-5th