As of: February 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m
By: Richard Lorenz
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Discussions on campus: (from left) moderator Heike Zeller, Alexander Wolf (Last Generation), MdL Ulrike Müller (FW), Martin Hofstetter (Greenpeace), BBV President Günther Felßner and Dr.
Johannes Sauer (TUM).
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There were many actors on stage at the second Weihenstephan Future Forum on Agricultural Policy with the title “Climate protectors versus agriculture – a misunderstanding?”
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- Flashback: At the first Future Forum last year there was turmoil in the lecture hall: angry animal rights activists had hijacked the event in order to disrupt the keynote speech by State Minister Michaela Kaniber.
This time they wanted to prevent this with a broad forum.
Although the actors on stage couldn't have been more different this time, there were no major arguments, but rather just expressions of points of view.
The organic farmer and Green Party politician Toni Wollschläger, who was there as a guest, let off steam for a moment.
“We want to discuss with society and think about agricultural policy.” The director of the Hans Eisenmann Forum, Prof. Dr.
Senthold Asseng, started the panel discussion: a discussion that attracted over 200 curious people.
Moderator Heike Zeller's plan: work through the actors' big topics in three blocks - always starting with a keynote speech by TUM Professor Johannes Sauer.
There was agreement on the topic of phasing out fossil fuels.
Opinions differed regarding the pace.
Greater yields needed
The President of the Bavarian Farmers' Association, Günther Felßner, referred to the constant increase in population: This is why larger harvest yields are necessary, which would only be possible if one thinks about the "whole system" and not just "sectorally."
In the future, areas would have to be used multifunctionally and regional thinking would have to be considered in order not to be dependent on imports.
(By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)
Martin Hofstetter, agricultural expert at Greenpeace, did not entirely share this opinion.
He referred to the Green Deal in general and to reducing food waste in particular.
“I’m signing the Green Deal here, but a lot of it is too naive,” said BBV President Felßner, who would like to see alternatives.
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Just “buzzwords”
While the Free Voters' state parliament member, Ulrike Müller, wants planning and legal certainty for farmers so that they can go strong into the future, Alexander Wolf from the Last Generation warned that once again only "buzzwords" are being used in the discussion would, but in practice things would continue as usual.
What he fears: “We seem to be confusing prosperity with abundance.” His point of criticism: “Science must set the rules, not the lobby!” Hofstetter also spoke about this lobby, who also remarked sarcastically that he found it extremely impressive how slowly the industry is moving into the future.
“Platy attitude”
Wollschläger noted that the “glues of the past” pissed him off.
The future lies in green and diverse agriculture and not in a constant increase in production with ever higher use of nitrogen.
Wollschläger received applause for his statement “Diversity is the immune system of agriculture”.
Felßner was not very enthusiastic: For him it was a “flat attitude” because agriculture is inherently changing and the farmers' association does not stick to the traditional.
What a farmer who spoke up after the discussion couldn't understand was that he could produce the biofuels himself on his farm that he would need for his vehicles - but that wasn't politically wanted.
According to Alexander Wolf, many sensible plans are lying in the drawer, but these are simply being prevented by lobbyists and large corporations.
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