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Barbara Früh

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Research and advisory services pigs and feeding

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing DECH Reaching 25% organic farmland in the EU by stronger and better-connected organic advisors and organic advisory services (OrganicAdviceNetwork) 01.04.2024 31.03.2028
ongoing CH FarmerScience 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Further development of the Bioaktuell.ch Internet platform (Bioaktuell+) 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH EU Organic Farming Regulation vs. Bio Suisse legislations 01.11.2023 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Projektkoordination, Monitoring, Reporting und Evaluation der Projekte in Kooperation mit der Leopold Bachmann Stiftung 01.10.2023 01.01.2028
ongoing CH Pigs experience 01.09.2022 01.10.2026
ongoing CH On-farm slaughter of pigs and small ruminants (hosk) 01.06.2022 01.06.2025
completed CH Innovative animal-friendly husbandry standards for organic pig and cattle housing within the framework of the amended EU Organic Regulation 15.05.2022 28.02.2023
completed CH Consulting for implementing the project "Bioschwein 100.0" 01.03.2022 30.04.2024
completed CH EU Öko CH Bio Side-by-side Vergleich 28.02.2022 01.05.2023
completed CH Weiterentwicklung BioSchwein 01.11.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Animal ethics 07.04.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Support for free-range pig farming (Feel Free) 01.01.2020 31.12.2023
completed CH Guidelines on breeding sows for piglet producers 20.11.2019 31.10.2020
completed CH Wiesenschwein, das Zukunftsschwein 01.11.2019 01.03.2022
completed CH Rethinking of Antimicrobial Decision-Systems in the Management of Animal Production (ROADMAP) 01.06.2019 20.05.2023
completed CH POWER (Tierwohl und Resilienz in der Bioschweinehaltung) (POWER) 01.05.2018 01.11.2021
completed CH Leaflet on free-range pig production 03.01.2018 31.12.2018
completed CH Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed (OK-Net EcoFeed) 01.01.2018 31.03.2021
completed CH Update of the Greenpeace study (UpdateGreenpeace) 01.01.2018 30.06.2018
ongoing CH Our pig (Development of an alternative pig breed) 01.09.2017 31.12.2030
ongoing CH Albert Koechlin Stiftung: Promoting regional organic farming and animal welfare 01.03.2017
completed CH Feeding of organic pigs in consideration of fat quality requirements and 100 % organic feeding (Bioschwein100.0) 01.03.2017 31.10.2020
ongoing CH Ausnahmebewilligungen für durch den Tierarzt verordnete Futtermittel (Vetpermis) 01.01.2017
completed CH Combining the 'eye of the stockman' and precision farming techniques to improve pig welfare (PigWatch) 01.03.2016 28.02.2019
completed CH Prophylactic and therapeutic use of medicinal plants and natural products in calves and piglets 01.01.2015 31.12.2018
completed CH The use of roughages to improve health and welfare of male pigs (CochonVert) 01.01.2015 31.12.2017
completed CH Determine and optimize the carcass fat quality of organic pigs 01.06.2014 01.06.2016
completed CH Alternative pig breeds for organic farms 01.04.2014 01.04.2015
completed CH Extensively fattening the laying hens' brothers instead of killing them as chicks 01.01.2014 31.12.2016
completed CH Auswirkung der Gruppenzusammensetzung und Förderung der Umsetzung der Ebermast (FairPig) 01.05.2012 30.11.2013
completed CH Improved contribution of local feed to support 100% organic feed supply to pigs and poultry (ICOPP) 01.09.2011 31.12.2014
completed CH “Swiss Made” protein: Protein feeds made from indigenous resources for organic poultry and pigs 01.09.2011 31.12.2014
completed CH Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs (ProPig) 01.01.2011 31.08.2014
completed CH Prevention of selected diseases and parasites in organic pig herds – by means of a HACCP based management and surveillance programme (CorePig) 01.01.2007 31.12.2010
completed CH Group suckling of sows as a production system on organic farms 01.05.2005 31.03.2007
ongoing CH Subcontract Feeding 01.01.2002
ongoing CH List of inputs allowed in Swiss organic agriculture 01.01.1992
ongoing CH Courses for farmers (Kurse)

Training / professional career

  • Since June 2002 Senior Advisor for non-ruminant animal husbandry at the Department of Extension, Training & Communication, FiBL
  • 2002 Training at the Swiss Federal Research Station for Agricultural Economics and Engineering, Switzerland
  • 2001 - 2002 Advisor at the Extension Service for dairy farms, Waldshut e.V.
  • 2001 - 2002 Scientific collaborator at the Chair of animal husbandry and ethology, Advanced Technical College, Nürtingen
  • 1997 - 2001 Studies in Agriculture (emphasis on Animal Sciences), Advanced Technical College, Nürtingen
  • 1994 - 1997 Apprenticeship as Veterinary Assistant

Committee work / further activities

  • Feedstuffs delegate of Bio Suisse
  • Representative of Switzerland in the IFOAM EU Group (www.ifoam-eu.org)
  • Member of Expert Group For Technical Advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) – Subgroup Food/Feed/Wine

Teaching

  • Agricultural schools (Biodynamic education Switzerland, cantonal schools): Organic pig keeping

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive