Projects & Practice

A young farmer created a new business model that combines organic farming and environmental protection with job creation and socially inclusive educational services.  

A family farm converted to organic lavender farming in order to diversify their offer of products and services in an environmentally sustainable way.

Organic and biodynamic farms cooperate to jointly acquire conservation tillage equipment (subsoilers and no till seeding machine) to enhance soil quality, reduce pollution and maximise their soil’s capacity to act as a carbon sink

The Organic farming measure in the Austrian Rural Development Programme (RDP) helps preserve and enhance biodiversity; establish nutrient cycles on farms and reduce input, while also increasing soil fertility.
 

Using the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to support the re-establishment of a moor by restoring its original hydrology and the propagation of the natural moor vegetation.
 

An example of sustainable cultivation of olive trees and extraction of olive oil using innovative ultrasound techniques.

An organic mountain farm uses indigenous breeds to produce high-quality meat, while preserving the local environment and genetic resources.

‘Nature Connects’ is a campaign to raise and generate awareness on the importance of biodiversity in rural landscapes by bringing together land owners, experts and the broader public.

Implementing a result-based nature conservation measure for species and habitat protection as to allow more flexibility for farmers in choosing and implementing management activities suitable to their land.