Keeping the CO2 footprint small: MdB on a flying visit to Kirchdorf

Created: 08/11/2022, 02:00 p.m

Didn't miss the visit of "their" MdB: Silvia Milburn, Martin Heyne, Matthias Achatz, Leon Eckert and Susanne Ackstaller.

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Member of the Bundestag Leon Eckert (Greens) is cycling in his constituencies to get to know the country and its people.

He stopped in Kirchdorf and the Ökokiste.

Kirchdorf

- What was extremely exciting for Eckert: The Achatz family, who have been running the Ökokiste for around 25 years, are now increasingly growing their own products themselves - for a short time there have been numerous foil houses in one field, in which tomatoes, for example, ripen and later decompose Autumn, also lettuce and other regional autumn and winter varieties.

Organic quality with ÖkoP certification and sustainability are top priorities for the family business, as Matthias Achatz from the Ökokiste emphasized during the tour.

Achatz explained what attracted the organic box to outdoor cultivation: "It's always exciting to try out something new - in addition, of course, the CO2 footprint is also significantly reduced".

The figures presented to Eckert also prove that the concept of eco plus sustainability and regionality is extremely well received: 2500 customers per week use the Ökokiste as a supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables - far beyond the district borders.

Go to work in a more ecological and sustainable way

Because the Achatz family is also very interested in "new old" ways to work even more ecologically and sustainably, Matthias Achatz is currently trying out a new fertilizer method using homemade coal.

For this purpose, wood is heated in a special boiler for a long time until it finally becomes coal - this in turn is first placed as the bottom layer for his organic container with organic waste and horse manure and mixed before the plants benefit from it all.

(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)

Since the experiment with the charcoal fertilizer only started recently, success cannot yet be measured, although the gardener family is very confident in this regard.

Because the member of the Bundestag was rather pressed, the "sacred hall" of the eco box was also visited afterwards, namely the sorting center where the boxes are packed.

Cucumbers and tomatoes are all the rage right now

Eight employees work there in two shifts to take care of the orders – tomatoes, lettuce, plums and lots of other fruit and vegetables are packed in the boxes and sent on their way.

"Cucumbers," says Achatz, "are currently the most sought-after - and tomatoes." But the eco box can also be used to buy packaged and longer-lasting products, such as natural biscuits or cooking oil.

"Now I have to go on to Schhöhenkirchen - topic of noise protection," said Eckert, who of course also received a multi-faceted package of provisions from the eco-crate.

True to style in a green jute bag.

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