Ludwigsburg District Administrator Dietmar Allgaier is delighted with the extension: "The organic model region focuses on the entire value chain in the region, from the field and barn to processing, trade, canteens and kitchens to the plate." The state capital Stuttgart also welcomes the extension. It already has a lot to show in the area of nursery catering: the proportion of organic food in catering is currently 44% and is set to rise to 50% next year. In order for the organic produce to come from the region, the regional marketing and processing structures need to be expanded even further. "The organic model region supports us in this with its supra-regional networking work," says Matthias Pfeiffer from the Stuttgart Economic Development Agency.
In the area of community catering, the ambitious goal of the Ludwigsburg-Stuttgart organic model region is to have firmly integrated the canteens that are already interested as well as other new canteens by the beginning of 2023 in order to then achieve more bundling and pre-processing of ready-to-cook organic vegetables from the city and district or neighboring regions by 2026. An important prerequisite for this is to have networked the organic farms with each other and beyond their immediate region by then. This is necessary in order to bundle enough raw materials for pre-processing. The organic model region is also taking agriculture and consumers along on the path to more organic produce from the region for the region with information days for converters and the continuation of online cooking courses.
Background to the Ludwigsburg-Stuttgart organic model region
The district of Ludwigsburg, together with the state capital Stuttgart, was selected by the Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection in 2019 and has been active as a model organic region since February 2020. The funding covers 75% of the regional management position, as well as the costs for the workplace and the measures and activities of the organic model region.
Further information on the organic model regions can be found at www.biomusterregionen-bw.de
Figures on organic farming in the region: Organic funding applied for via the funding program for agri-environment, climate protection and animal welfare (FAKT) 2020: 69 farms in the district of Ludwigsburg and the state capital Stuttgart have applied for organic funding via FAKT, which corresponds to an area of 2,200 hectares.
