Farmers’ demonstrations in front of the state parliament and Edeka central warehouse

The farmers who demonstrated in Wiefelstede are demanding that the Edeka Group take on more responsibility in the value chain. “We will no longer put up with the fact that less and less money arrives at the farms despite rising food prices,” said farmer Jan Bernd Stolle before the panel discussion. In addition, LsV and Freie Bauern are in favor of clear labeling of origin for products and product components. Other topics in the panel discussion should be the use of chemicals in imported food and the dependence of food security on imports.

The organizers announced that the protest in front of the Edeka central warehouse should be a prelude to nationwide demonstrations. The decisive factor was the termination of the agricultural dialogue by Edeka, Aldi, Lidl and Rewe. Concrete concessions have not emerged from the agricultural dialogue. Anthony Lee, spokesman for LsV Germany, wants to achieve a continuation of the negotiations and implement solutions that have already been worked out. According to the LsV, this included, for example, triangular contracts between producers, processors and food retailers, a label of origin or the revision of the UTP guideline. The solutions have already been worked out down to the last detail.

As the free farmers report, the managers of the Edeka group have been invited to the agricultural dialogue “knocked out without justification and thus more than clearly demonstrated their disinterest in the fate of the farming families “. LsV pointed out that it was” after all an official statement,
which was read out by the moderators of the event “.

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