How to farm sustainably?

*Fertile soil
  • Sustainable farming
  • How does healthy soil nutrition work?
  • Why is mineral fertiliser harmful to the climate, but also harmful to soil animals?
*Diversity brings stability
  • Why are monocultures susceptible to pests?
  • Wide crop rotations are sustainable
  • Safe harvest and healthy soil
*Clean drinking water
  • Where does our drinking water come from?
  • Why is our drinking water in danger?
  • What does clean drinking water have to do with healthy soil?
*Climate-adapted agriculture
  • Getting humus growth right
  • Agroforestry – trees in fields …
  • Permaculture – cultivated disorder …
  • More water in the landscape and in the soil …
Indoorfarming
  • Is indoorfarming sustainable?


Read and hear more …

Beste, A. (2026): Sustainable farming isn’t a threat to food security. It might be the only thing that saves it!

Beste A. (2026) Factsheet Food Security.

Beste A. (2026) You can plant water. How to tackle climate extremes and water scarcity systematically.

Beste, A. (2023): Indoor Farming – Sustainability Spin or Substance?

Beste, A. (2022): GREENWASHING & HIGH TECH – Faking it: (un-)sustainable solutions for agriculture.

Beste, A. (2019): Comparing Organic, Agroecological and Regenerative Farming.

Beste, A.; Idel, A. (2019): The belief in technology and big data. The myth of climate smart agriculture – why less bad isn’t good.