Grüne on agriculture

The Greens want to raise the share of organic farming in Rhineland-Palatinate significantly and give it more weight in farm subsidies. The existing organic action plan is to be broadened into a state food and nutrition strategy.

The Greens want more organic farming in Rhineland-Palatinate. Organic farms should get more support. There should be a bigger plan for food and nutrition. The Greens also want to protect farmland from speculation.

The organic action plan would be continued and turned into a state food and nutrition strategy. More organic food is to be served in out-of-home catering such as cafeterias, and organic model regions are to receive funding. The Greens also back agroforestry and regenerative and community-supported agriculture. The farmland market is to be regulated more tightly to stop speculative purchases of company shares (share deals). The Greens further support keeping full agricultural training and advice, help with farm succession, direct sales, and EU farm subsidies geared toward the common good.

The Greens want farms to use significantly fewer pesticides and call for a pesticide levy to be examined at the federal level. At the same time, farming and nature conservation are to cooperate more closely, and soils are to be supported as carbon stores.

The Greens want fewer pesticides on fields. Pesticides are chemicals against pests and weeds. The federal government should look into a charge on pesticides. Farmers and conservation groups should work together more. Healthy soil should store more CO₂.

Diverse crop rotations, robust varieties and sustainable growing methods are meant to reduce pesticide use. Baking soda should again be easy to use for plant protection. Humus build-up and permanent grassland are to be supported as carbon stores, and a strategy for legumes is to be carried out. More nature conservation stations would build regional partnerships, contract-based conservation would grow, and the "Schulterschluss Artenvielfalt" biodiversity alliance would continue. To adapt to global warming, the program relies on adapted varieties, water-saving irrigation and digital tools.

The Greens want to expand organic winegrowing significantly and help the wine sector adapt to the climate crisis and drought. Steep-slope vineyards are to be preserved and supported as culturally and ecologically valuable sites.

The Greens want more organic winegrowing in Rhineland-Palatinate. Winegrowers should need fewer pesticides. Hardy grape varieties should help with that. The steep vineyards should be kept. Wine festivals and seasonal wine taverns should stay.

Sustainable plant protection and fungus-resistant grape varieties (PIWIs) are to be funded in order to cut pesticide use. At the EU level, the Greens want potassium phosphonate to be approved again for organic winegrowing. On steep slopes, drones are to help apply plant protection products precisely, and programs such as "Lebendige Moselweinberge" are to grow. Alcohol-free wines, reusable bottles and VitiForst initiatives would be supported, and direct sales and marketing at home and abroad strengthened. Straußwirtschaften (seasonal wine taverns) and wine festivals are to be kept as traditions.