What do the parties in Hamburg say on agriculture?

The Greens want to preserve Hamburg's farmland and farms and get more farms to convert to organic. City-owned farmland is in future to be leased only to organic farms or farms in conversion. At the federal level, the party wants to keep opposing factory farming and animal transports.

There are about 600 farms in Hamburg. The Greens want to keep these farms. More farms should switch to organic. The city should lease its farmland only to organic farms. Farm animals should be treated better.

The Greens want a Hamburg food strategy that moves cafeterias, canteens and restaurants toward more plant-based, regional, seasonal and organic offerings. The standards of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) are to apply across all communal catering. For schools with a low social index, a free lunch for all students is to be examined.

The Greens want better food in canteens and schools. There should be more vegetables and more organic food. The food should come from the region. At some schools, lunch might become free for everyone. The Greens want to look into that.

The Left wants to promote regional and organic farming and keep glyphosate, pesticides and genetic engineering off Hamburg's fields. On animal welfare, its demands include a roadmap for ending animal testing.

The Left wants farming without poison and without genetic engineering. Local farms and organic farms would get support. Animal testing in Hamburg should end. There would be a fixed plan for that.

The SPD wants to keep farming and horticulture in Hamburg despite scarce land. Compensation areas are not to reduce production, farm succession is to be secured, and weekly markets are to be strengthened.

Hamburg should keep its farms and nurseries. The SPD wants farms to find successors. Land set aside for nature should not shrink harvests. Weekly markets should get better advertising.