SPD on agriculture

The SPD wants to push the transformation of agriculture and tie public money to public benefits. Regional products are to be used more in cafeterias and communal catering, and besides organic farming, conventional farms are also to be supported for sustainability gains.

The SPD wants to change farming. Farmers should get state money for things that benefit everyone. Cafeterias should use more food from the region. Regular farms should also get support when they work more sustainably.

According to the platform, the priorities are tying public funds to services for the common good, regional value creation and smart farming, meaning digital technology on the farm. The SPD wants rules that favor regional products in out-of-home and communal catering. For the party, sustainable farming means keeping soil and water usable in the long run. For that reason, sustainability improvements on conventional farms are also to receive funding.

The SPD wants to promote sustainable methods in farming and food production and to strengthen organic agriculture. Public money should be tied to services for the common good, such as preserving ecosystems. Animal welfare is to carry great weight in livestock farming.

The SPD wants farming that is gentle on nature. Farmers should spray fewer chemicals. More farms should work organically. Animals should travel shorter distances. Every field should have fast mobile coverage.

The use of chemical pesticides is to keep falling. The SPD wants to strengthen regional processing chains for animal products from Saxony in order to reduce animal transports. Farms should find it easier to switch to organic livestock farming. The platform sees digitalization as an opportunity for resource-saving, climate-friendly farming, which is why it aims for 5G coverage at every field. Agroforestry systems and carbon farming, meaning practices that store carbon in the soil, would also be funded.