Organized by AFEPA and An Cao, a PhD student at ILR/Uni Bonn, a group of AFEPA and AFECO students visited an organic farm in the Bonn region on June 10th. Mr. Toelkes runs a certified Bioland farm in Much (37 km from Bonn). He talked to the students about his path into organic farming and about his choice of certification scheme - the latter being strongly influenced by his direct customers. Although he is clearly happy with the Bioland label and its demands, the strategic marketing of the processing and retailing companies he sells to softly dictated this choice. Mr Toelkes is a Bioland volunteer and supporter now for many years with his milk production, rapeseed and others. He also explained how land rental contracts function and more generally how farmers can be constrained by land-owners in the way they use the land they rent: practices, production system, crop rotation etc. This was an informative day in the sun for the participating student, and for some a first-time experience in an organic farm.
UBonn - AFEPA meets AFECO: Field trip to a Bioland farm AFEPA meets AFECO: Field trip to a Bioland farm
On June 10th, a group of AFEPA and AFECO students of UBonn visited an organic farm in Much in the Bonn region.
UBonn - AFEPA meets AFECO: Field trip to a Bioland farm
- AFEPA and AFECO students together with Ms. An Cao and Mr. Toelkes (right side of the picture).
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