At BIOFACH 2025, LAMPERT wrote the first chapter of a remarkable climate story.
New regulations in agriculture quickly spark an outcry; images of protests and convoys of tractors are fresh in everyone’s memory. All too often, the demands are out of touch with reality. Is there another way? For the past five years, the LAMPERT company has served as an interface and hub in an innovative climate protection project, as agriculture suffers increasingly from extreme weather events. Driven by the need to adapt farms to climate change while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions, 65 vegetable and hay milk farms are currently implementing active measures. LAMPERT connects all stakeholders along the food value chain. Ambitious goals are developed collaboratively and tested for feasibility, rather than through a top-down process.
In addition, operational emissions are comprehensively tracked, and the carbon sequestration capacity of soil and forests is modeled. The latter enables projections over several decades, thereby allowing for the selection of the most effective measures. The project is now set to be expanded to all agricultural sectors and, gradually, to up to 5,000 organic farms.
At the world’s largest organic trade fair, the project was presented to an expert audience under the title “When Farmers Make Climate History.”
On the panel, representatives from the scientific community, farmers, processors, and retailers sat side by side as equals. “Having everyone involved is the key to translating scientific findings into practice,” says organic and sustainability pioneer Werner Lampert, who has been active in the industry for over 50 years. Every link in the chain is part of something much bigger. This certainty and sense of belonging should spark an unstoppable momentum that overcomes all barriers. Climate history is being written here.