UNSER LAND

Networking organisation for sustainable agriculture and rural development

01.03.2005 |Sabine Brückmann

UNSER LAND started 10 years ago when the parish of a small village in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck (a administrative district to the west of Munich) decided to physically implement what people call responsibility for creation by establishing sustainable production and consumption patterns on a regional base.

The overall goal was to give the civil society a choice to shape their living environment.

In 1994 all 29 bakeries in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck started with a regional bread produced along guidelines oriented towards environment friendly production and social cooperation. With the presentation of the regional bread at Thanksgiving day 1994 the BRUCKER LAND association* was founded. It is built on five pillars:

farmers, craftsmen and trades, churches, environmental groups and consumers.

*Within this so called “Solidarity Community” different interest groups recognize and encourage one another.

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