Alfred Grand

For Alfred Grand, biodiversity begins in the soil, which is why soil-conserving cultivation is very important to him: he stopped ploughing over 30 years ago and pays attention to intensive crop rotation in order to revegetate areas as quickly as possible. To promote biodiversity in the soil, he applies compost, earthworm humus and transfer mulch to the land. Careful soil management is just one of the many ways in which Alfred Grand promotes biodiversity: extensive grassland utilisation, flowering areas, windbreaks, market gardening or barn owl protection are just as much a part of this for him. Alfred Grand runs his farm as a research and demonstration farm, where it is particularly important to him that research and agriculture meet as equals.