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Innovations and cooperation at the Eco-Field Days 2022
From June 28th to 3oth this year's Eco-Field Days at the Hessian State Domain Gladbacherhof in Villmar showcased everything that organic farming has...
A future for agroforestry - 4th DeFAF General Meeting
Agroforestry is a promising approach for a future-oriented and sustainable development of agriculture, yet it often represents only a niche area in...
Final Regional Conference in the LEADER Region Hohenlohe-Tauber
The application phase for the LEADER regions in Baden-Württemberg is almos over. To mark the occasion, the Hohenlohe-Tauber region invited all those...
Final Regional Conference in the LEADER Region Hohenlohe-Tauber
The application phase for the LEADER regions in Baden-Württemberg is almost over. To mark the occasion, the Hohenlohe-Tauber region invited all those...
Kick-off event for the project "Systemic Circular Economy as a Driver of Rural Development"
Time to get things moving!
This was the title of the virtual kick-off event for the project "Systemic Circular Economy as a Driver of Rural...
Kick-off event for nature park planning in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park
On June 2 2022, the big kick-off event for the nature park planning took place in the beautiful Wandelhalle in the middle of the health resort in Bad...
Finalisation of the local development strategy of the LEADER region Lahn-Dill-Wetzlar
At the end of May, the LEADER region Lahn-Dill-Wetzlar finalized and submitted their local development strategy.
Since October 2022, citizens, expert...
Insect protection in nature parks and biosphere reserves. The IfLS organized the first conference (of two) on the island of Vilm on behalf of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
From May 23rd to 25th 2022, around 40 participants came together at the International Academy for Nature Conservation on the island of Vilm to take...
European exchange on urban agriculture: "CityZen" project meeting in Frankfurt/Main
From May 17 to 19, IfLS hostet together with Regionalpark RheinMain a meeting of the "CityZen" project: about 35 participants from Bulgaria, Greece,...
Biodiversity and milk production: A brief analysis by the Öko-Institut and the IfLS on the links between milk production systems in Germany and biodiversity
The various forms of grassland in Germany are of outstanding importance for biodiversity. At the same time, the preservation of existing grassland is...
What does the operation of a CoAct plant imply ?
On 12 and 13 May, the hybrid project meeting of the CoAct project took place at the IfLS. The project meeting focused on the biomass mix for the...
Increasing value creation on dairy farms - The OnFarm consortium visits a farm in the Czech Republic
How can small family farms generate sufficient added value? In line with the project's question, the OnFarm consortium visited a farm about 80 km from...
Tsalka Local Action Group visits Germany
In the week from May 2nd to 6th we were visited by our partners from Georgia. A 20-member delegation from the LEADER region of Tsalka, including...
From poplar pigs to industrial symbiosis - second project meeting in MIXED
Mixed land use systems can be hard to grasp, as they involve the most diverse aspects of land use from farm to landscape level. After 18 months of...
The Niche Market Farming consortium learns about niche markets in Italy
On 11 and 12 April, the consortium of the Erasmus+ project Niche Market Farming met in Perugia, Italy. The meeting focused on the link between...
New publication from the IfLS and IfKMW: "Digitalisation and Citizen Participation in Rural Areas. A systematic overview of scientific journals, 2010-2020"
The vision of digitally connected and participatory "Smart Villages" has been present in European politics and public discourse for several years....
regiosöl project meeting at "Haus Bollheim"
Another fruitful meeting of the regiosöl project partners took place on 22 and 23 March 2022. This time we met in the Rhineland and were happy to be...
Young Agroforestry Research Network for MIXED and many interested citizens
The IFLS has recently started cooperating with the young research initiative agroforst-monitoring as part of the MIXED project.
Can agroforestry...
New publication by IfLS and HNEE: "Community financing for sustainable food and agriculture: a proximity perspective".
Financing models with the participation of citizens offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) alternative sources of financing beyond banks as...
Informative and interactive - participatory conference of the Ravensburg biosample region
Under the theme "Healthy agriculture - healthy earth - healthy life: Dialogue for all", the second participatory conference took place in the...