Peter Estl

Upper Austria

Peter Estl runs an organic arable farm that covers 22 hectares, including the forest. The focus of cultivation is on speciality crops that can manage with fewer nutrients, such as buckwheat, einkorn, emmer, spelt and rye.


Commitment to biodiversity:

Peter Estl likes to observe the natural world around his farm very closely. His observations constantly inspire him to take new measures to provide nature with suitable refuges on his land. He hangs up nesting boxes for the barn owl, creates flower strips along his fields and pays close attention to the best time to drive on or fertilise his fields. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others and also contributes it to the board of the lebensraum:natur association, as raising public awareness of biodiversity is a particular concern of his.


Nominated by:

Stefanie Payrleitner, Bienenzentrum OÖ