On 9-19 August 2007, a transatlantic Farmer-to-Farmer exchange program brought together 30 farmers, policy makers, scientists, and journalists from the United States and Europe with an agricultural background. The program included field visits to farms and biomass processing facilities in Germany and the U.S. as well as visits to research institutes to see experimental bioenergy cropping, climate friendly agricultural practices and to discuss the link between climate and agricultural policy.
1 Introduction
2 Impressions of the Program
2.1 European Program
2.1.1 The dairy farm of Manfred Jähne (Marquardt Agrar GmbH, Brandenburg)
2.1.2 Farm of Matthias von Oppen (Gut Lindhorst – Brandenburg)
2.1.3 The Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
2.1.4 Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim (ATB)
2.1.5 Bioenergy village Juehnde (Lower Saxony)
2.2 Program U.S.
2.2.1 Lifeline Foods, LLC, St. Joseph, Missouri
2.2.2 Tour of Lifeline Foods plant facility
Tour of Bryan Farms, Inc & Howard Farms, Inc, Hiawatha, Kansas
2.2.3 Kansas State Univesity, Department Argronomy, Manhattan, Kansas
2.2.4 Kansas City Board of Trade, Kansas City, Missouri
2.2.5 Mosantos Research Plant Research Facility, Kansas City, Kansas
3 Observations and Lessons learned
4 Annex: Publications about the exchange
