With the Agriculture Forum, we put the concerns of farmers at the center of the discussion:
"Future Agriculture. A task for society as a whole" is the title of the final report of the Commission on the Future of Agriculture (ZKL) set up by the German government. In July, the commission submitted its recommendations to the German government. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein, ZKL commission member: "The ZKL recognizes organic as the only sustainability program that works and has a relevant and dynamic market".
But how can our agricultural and food system be redesigned so that organic farms can economically afford to implement the positive effects and avoid harmful effects on climate, environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and human health in the entrepreneurial interest? What concrete measures are these, even apart from government support systems? How can new organic farmers be won over and retained in the long term? What strategies, cooperations, coalitions are needed to achieve the transformation of agriculture? What is the contribution of research?
We expect impulses and interesting facts, models and initiatives for the organic farmers of today and tomorrow.