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NABU Federal Managing Director Leif Miller, Frank Woesthoff from NABU, King Charles III, REWE Group Board Member Dr Daniela Büchel, Prof Dr Hartmut Vogtmann, agronomist and expert in agriculture. Copyright: British Embassy/Ivana Ross-Brookbank
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State visit to Germany
With Charles III on the organic farm
by Judith Morgenschweis

From the Bundestag to the farm: during his visit to Germany, King Charles III stopped off at the Brodowin eco-village. There he learned about sustainable agriculture and also took time for climate protection and representatives of the NABU Climate Fund - including our board member Dr Daniela Büchel.

During the visit to the eco-village, King Charles III gained an insight into the daily work of the organic farm. Daniela Büchel and Leif Miller, Federal Managing Director of NABU, also provided information about the REWE and NABU climate fund for the conservation and rewetting of moorland. The NABU climate fund was set up for this purpose.

Charles III has been campaigning for climate protection and organic farming for decades. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (pictured right) also made time for these issues. Source: NABU NABU "Of course, a meeting with a king is anything but ordinary - both in terms of the extensive protocol preparations and then on site. King Charles III was very friendly and interested and it fills me with pride that I was able to tell him personally about our commitment to climate protection. An opportunity like this is certainly unique and I will never forget this meeting," said Büchel after the meeting. "It was impressive to hear the King talk about climate protection and moorland protection with such in-depth knowledge. He has an enormous amount of detailed knowledge, including when it comes to rewetting the moors."

In addition to discussions with industry representatives, the British king learnt about the special concept of the ecovillage. Numerous dairy cows, dairy goats and hens live on the farm. A wide variety of vegetables and cereals also grow there. The farm's own cheese dairy had prepared a special type of cheese especially for the high-ranking visit. The patisserie impressed with a chocolate crown.

Charles has been committed to biodynamic farming for decades. He converted the farming on his Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire to organic farming back in the 1980s.

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Louisa Manz
2 years and 6 days ago

The Brodowin eco-village is not a "normal" organic farm, but works according to the demeter guidelines. Does REWE take a critical look at demeter and its anthroposophical roots? In addition to organic, there is a lot of esotericism and (sometimes racist) swearing involved, which customers usually co-finance at great expense without realising it. Dr Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim started to shed more light on the subject a while ago: www.zdf.de/show/mai-think-x-die-show/maithink-x-folge-05-100.html

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