STADTLANDBIO 2022: Reducing carbon emissions with sustainable agricultural and foodstuff practices

About a third of all greenhouse gases in Germany come from the agricultural and foodstuff sector. Every year it becomes clearer that agriculture in particular is affected by the consequences of climate change, such as prolonged periods of heat and dryness. At the same time, however, it is often insufficiently appreciated that the way our foodstuffs are produced can serve as an important lever for improved climate protection. That not only applies at a national and federal state level, but also at a municipal level. At the STADTLANDBIO Congress on 27-28 July 2022, therefore, the focus – onsite and online – was on how cities, municipalities and rural districts can reduce their carbon emissions with sustainable agricultural and foodstuff practices. More than 80 representatives from the worlds of policy-making, administration, science, business, agricultural operations and professional associations discussed this question on the two days of the Congress, held in parallel with BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, in line with the theme of “Organic.Food.Agriculture – Opportunities for municipal climate protection”.