FiBL Germany is a registered non-profit association and provides scientific expertise on current issues in organic farming and food sector. It conducts interdisciplinary and practice-oriented research together with farmers and experts from science and industry. So, knowledge from research is swiftly transferred into practice.
FiBL Germany has currently the following focuses:
- Input List for organic production in Germany: Experts evalute inputs for their compliance with the requirements of organic production in Germany. Approved inputs will be published in the Input List.
- Circular livestock farming: In application-oriented projects, current husbandry systems will be assessed together with farms and research institutions and concepts for improving animal welfare will be developed.
- The FiBL Academy offers numerous events for training and further education as well as networking for junior staff, advisors and practitioners in the agriculture and food sector.
- The nationwide Öko-Feldtage is a major event with around 12,000 visitors over two days that shows where organic farming stands and where it is heading. The outdoor event has been held every two years in different federal states since 2017.
- Out-of-home catering: FiBL develops strategic concepts and qualified solutions for the development of the organic out-of-home market in all areas of communal catering and system catering. The target groups are catering managers, political decision-makers and administrative authorities.
- Sustainable farming systems: In the field of crop production, FiBL focuses on groundwater management and utilisation, organic breeding and seed propagation, and research into inputs.
- Value Chains: Projects and services in the field of 'Establishing regional value chains', from market analyses and networking work to the development of marketing concepts and the active establishment of regional value chains on site.
Along with the Foundation Ecology & Agriculture (Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau [SÖL]) and the organic associations Bioland, Naturland and Demeter, FiBL Deutschland e. V. is shareholder of FiBL Projekte GmbH.
Both (FiBL Germany e.V. and GmbH) currently employs about 75 people. The board of FiBL e.V. consists of 15 persons.
Networking with players and organisations in the organic sector is very important to us. FiBL Germany is supporting member of the Federation of Organic Food Producers (Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft [BÖLW]) and member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). Furthermore, there are firm co-operations with the Chairs of Organic Farming and Cultivation Systems at the Universities of Kassel and Giessen.. Our network deliberately extends beyond the organic sector into the entire agricultural and food industry: this is how we create connections and work together on solutions for tomorrow.