Willkommen beim LeguNet-Podcast, dem Podcast über Soja, Erbse, Ackerbohne, Lupine & Co. Das Leguminosennetzwerk kümmert sich darum, dass wieder mehr Hülsenfrüchte (Körnerleguminosen) in Deutschland angebaut und auf dem Teller und im Trog landen. Denn die eiweißreichen Hülsenfrüchte sind für Tiere, Menschen und sogar für den Boden überaus gesund.

Wie wirkt sich der Klimawandel auf den Körnerleguminosenanbau aus und was können wir von Ländern lernen, die Hitze und Trockenheit schon lange gewohnt sind? In dieser Podcastfolge sprechen wir mit Werner-Vogt-Kaute von der Naturland-Beratung. Gemeinsam schauen wir nach Österreich, Ungarn, Serbien und Frankreich und diskutieren, welche Kulturen dort trotz extremer Bedingungen erfolgreich sind, welche Strategien sich bewährt haben und welche davon sich auf Mitteleuropa übertragen lassen. Welche Rolle spielen Winterformen oder neue Arten wie Kichererbsen und Trockenbohnen? Und wie können wir Schritt für Schritt unsere Anbausysteme an die neuen Herausforderungen anpassen?

Folge 8/deutsch/15 Min. und 02 Sek.

Gast: Werner Vogt-Kaute, Beratung für Naturland

Moderation Gespräch: Kerstin Spory, FiBL Projekte GmbH

Anmoderation: Hella Hansen

Weiterführende Informationen:

www.legunet.de

(Bild): Hella Hansen

Willkommen beim LeguNet-Podcast, dem Podcast über Soja, Erbse, Ackerbohne, Lupine & Co. Das Leguminosennetzwerk kümmert sich darum, dass wieder mehr Hülsenfrüchte (Körnerleguminosen) in Deutschland angebaut und auf dem Teller und im Trog landen. Denn die eiweißreichen Hülsenfrüchte sind für Tiere, Menschen und sogar für den Boden überaus gesund.

In der neuen Podcast-Folge geht es um die Chancen und die professionelle Vermarktung von Körnerleguminosen in Erzeugergemeinschaften. Ackerbohnen, Lupinen und Erbsen liefern regionales Eiweiß, stärken die Fruchtfolge und verbessern die Klimabilanz – doch der Absatz braucht gute Planung. Da Strukturen und Preise sich noch entwickeln, empfiehlt es sich, frühzeitig Abnehmende einzubinden. Besonders Erzeugergemeinschaften bieten Vorteile: Sie bündeln Mengen, erleichtern Preisverhandlungen, sichern Qualität und entlasten Betriebe organisatorisch. Genossenschaften bieten zudem rechtliche Sicherheit und Zugang zu Förderungen. So können Landwirtinnen und Landwirte das Potenzial der Leguminosen erfolgreich nutzen.

Folge 7/deutsch/9 Min. und 24 Sek.

Gäste/FiBL-Forschungsteam: Stefan Beuermann, Union zur Förderung von Öl- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP)

Moderation Gespräch/Gelesen von: Kerstin Spory, FiBL Projekte GmbH

Anmoderation: Hella Hansen

Weiterführende Informationen:

Vermarktungsplattformen Körnerleguminosen und Flyer zur Gründung einer Erzeugergemeinschaft:

https://www.legunet.de/markt/vermarktung

(Bild): Hella Hansen

What is hidden behind the acronym MedPlants4Vet? In this episode, we explore the originstory of the COST Action MedPlants4Vet, a European network uniting researchers from diverse fields, practitioners, animal owners, industry representatives, and policymakers. Together, they are working to collect data on herbal veterinary medicine and to provide guidance for future regulations and licensing procedures of veterinary herbal remedies.

Host Phie Thanner, co-leader of MedPlants4Vet's Working Group 6 talks with Theresa Schlittenlacher (Chair), Marta Mendel (Vice-Chair) and Michael Walkenhorst (Grant Holder Scientific Representative) about the action’s goals, early achievements, and the challenges of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across Europe. They reveal how a shared vision and plenty of collaboration, can transform scattered expertise into a European knowledge hub for herbal veterinary medicine.

Today we’re diving into a topic that’s been at the heart of many discussions around Europe—farmers’ income and their position in the food supply chain.

Over the past year, we've witnessed widespread protests from farmers across Europe. These demonstrations weren't just about rising costs or bureaucratic burdens—they were a loud and clear signal about something deeper: the economic vulnerability of farmers and the need for structural reforms.

In response to these concerns, the European Commission began taking steps to improve farmers’ income, support fairer pricing across the value chain, and enhance transparency. It’s within this evolving political backdrop that the Agri-Food Chain Observatory was launched.

Francesca Bellino, policy officer at FiBL Europe interviews Jennifer Hirsch, research associate at FiBL Germany, who takes part in the Observatory’s work. In this episode we tackle current work, obstacles and the role of the organic sector in the Observatory.

In this special episode of FiBL Collaboration, we highlight the upcoming IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance (IAHA) Conference at FiBL Switzerland (28 – 30 April 2026).

Accompanied by Dr. Florian Leiber and Rennie Eppenstein from FiBL's Department of Livestock Sciences, host Lauren Dietemann delves into how organic animal husbandry could provide solutions to the most pressing issues in today's food systems — and why it is crucial for the global community to unite and discuss its role right now.

The episode sets the stage for the 2026 conference, which aims to:

- create a global platform for discussing (organic) livestock systems

- bring together farmers, researchers, policymakers, and civil society actors

- explore whether organic animal husbandry can serve as a model for sustainable livestock

- address regional diversity, knowledge gaps, and practical solutions

- strengthen shared narratives around ecology, fairness, and animal welfare.

The conference invites participation from around the globe and welcomes diverse contributions in the form of essays to be presented orally and poster abstracts. This is not just a conference for researchers; the voices of farmers, practitioners, and grassroots organisations are also essential in shaping the agenda.

During their discussion, Florian and Rennie reflect on the complex challenge of balancing animal welfare, climate resilience and food production. They emphasise the need for context-specific, place-based solutions rather than one-size-fits-all approaches, and call for an honest reckoning with the uncomfortable yet essential question: How many animals should we keep, and under what conditions?

Interested in joining or contributing to the conference?

Be part of shaping the future of sustainable livestock. Visit www.iaha2026.org to find out more and to access the call for contributions.

Following the publication of the conservative EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen's Vision for Agriculture and Food for 2040 in February, some declared the Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork Strategy 'history'. The lack of information about specific targets led many to question what Commissioner Hansen's vision of an "attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented and fair agri-food system for current and future generations of farmers and agri-food operators" would be. This was particularly the case for sustainable agriculture in general and organic farming specifically.

Key topics discussed

• How could the vision affect the agricultural sector and the future of organic farming?
• Aspects of competitiveness and fair prices in agriculture
• How could administrative simplification work in practice for farmers?
• Key gaps in the vision relating to sustainable food consumption
• Intergenerational renewal, innovation and market-based approaches in the context of their future role in sustainable agricultural production in the EU

Guests

• Hansjürg Jäger, lecturer in agrarian policies and markets at Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL), hansjuerg.jaeger@bfh.ch
• Jürn Sanders, chairman of the FiBL management, boardpresident FiBL Europe, juern.sanders@fibl.org

Moderated by: Sabine Reinecke, policy analyst at FiBL, sabine.reinecke@fibl.org

Introduction spoken by: Lauren Dietemann

Produced by: Adrian Krebs and Benny Christ

Further information

European Commissions Media Release for the presentation of the Vision for Agriculture and Food

In this Root2Resilience podcast episode, we dive deep into the concepts of root ideotypes and plasticity in plant breeding. We look at why these terms can be contentious, or sometimes seen as a contradiction, and why we need to better understand root systems. This episode also unpacks the challenges of breeding for resilience in the face of climate change and explores how combining ideotypes and plasticity can create sustainable solutions for the future of agriculture.

Key Topics Discussed

• What is an ideotype, and how does it work in specific environments?
• The concept of plasticity in plants and its importance for adapting to unpredictable climates.
• How breeding for ideotypes and plasticity can complement each other.
• The work of Root2Resilience in advancing these concepts.

Guests

• Doris Vetterlein: Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Germany - doris.vetterlein@ufz.de
• Pete Berry: ADAS, UK - pete.berry@adas.co.uk

Moderated by: Laura Kemper (FiBL) – laura.kemper@fibl.org

Produced by: Nina Gallmann and Laura Kemper

Further information

• Learn more about Root2Resilience and stay up to date: www.root2res.eu
• Project on Cordis: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101060124
• Deliverable 1.1 : Priority list of root/rhizosphere ideotype traits: https://zenodo.org/records/14923835
• Deliverable 5.1: Development of a statistical evaluation scheme for assessing plasticity data and development of experimental systems for studying root plasticity: https://zenodo.org/records/14924568
• How to calculate root phenotypic plasticity as a trait for crop breeding programs: https://zenodo.org/records/8392071
• How to study root plasticity in response to water availability under controlled conditions: https://zenodo.org/records/8392410
• Roots in policy: How to encourage breeding for root-related traits and more resilient crops : https://zenodo.org/records/11189796

Funding

Root2Resilience is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no 101060124 and by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under contract number 23.00050.

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Am 18. und 19. Juni 2025 finden zum fünften Mal die Ökofeldtage statt. Durchführungsort ist diesese Jahr das Wassergut Canitz bei Leipzig. Auf einer Fläche von etwa 30 Hektar zeigt die Outdoormesse alles, was nachhaltige Landwirtschaft ausmacht. Das Schwerpunktthema Wassermanagement zieht sich als blaues Band durch alle Veranstaltungsangebote. Adrian Krebs hat sich mit den FiBL Co-Organisatoren Carsten Veller und Udo Weingärtner, sowie dem Betriebsleiter des Wasserguts, Bernhard Wagner über das Highlight des deutschen Biosommers unterhalten. Diesen Podcast gibt es in einer längeren und in einer stark gekürzten Variante. Hier die Kompaktversion.

Hier findet ihr alle Informationen über die Ökofeldtage 2025: oeko-feldtage.de