How can minor and niche crops and innovative products be successfully integrated into Brandenburg’s organic value chains? What potential do speciality and niche crops offer for regional markets – and what conditions are needed for cultivation, processing, and marketing?

The second Market Information Talk 2026 focuses on innovations and emerging crops for Brandenburg’s organic market. Particular attention is given to speciality and niche crops such as millet, buckwheat, quinoa, sea buckthorn, flaxseed, and legumes, which have gained increasing importance for regional value creation in recent years.

Time and venue

Date: 12 June 2026

Venue: Oranienwerk (Kultursaal), Kremmener Str. 43, 16515 Oranienburg

Programme Highlights

• Practical insights into the cultivation, processing, and marketing of specialty and niche crops
• Experiences from product development and regional value chains
• Exchange with stakeholders from agriculture, processing, and product innovation
• Discussions on market potential, challenges, and future prospects for Brandenburg’s organic sector

Event Overview

Together with stakeholders from agriculture, processing, and product development, we will discuss the potential of minor and niche crops for Brandenburg.

Practical insights will provide an overview of current developments related to minor and niche crops as well as approaches to product development. Using concrete examples, opportunities and challenges along the value chain will be highlighted.

The Market Information Talks offer space for exchange and networking among stakeholders from cultivation, processing, and product development. Together, participants will explore perspectives for strengthening regional organic value chains in Brandenburg. The event is organised by the Ecologic Institute on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Systems, Environment and Consumer Protection as part of the Brandenburg Organic Action Plan.