Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth

Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth ( born July 30, 1930 in Herten ) is a German entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of organic food production.

Biography

His experience as an intern in the major abattoirs in the USA sat Schweisfurth to the industrialization of the domestic meat processing. He developed from a small family, the largest meat processing companies in Europe: Herta (now belonging to Nestlé ). 25,000 pigs and 5,000 cattle were processed at the time weekly.

Since it was established that after I retire Karl Ludwig Swiss Furth's none of his two sons wanted to continue the company, he sold his company in 1984 at the Nestlé Group.

Immediately after the sale of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth began on the estate Herrmannsdorf at Glonn ( Ebersberg ) southeast of Munich, to keep pigs according to the principles of organic agriculture. From this period dates his quote: " I ​​was suddenly realized that meat can not be a life-enhancing food for us humans of such tortured animals. "

The resulting Herrmann Landwerkstätten with stables, slaughter / butcher, bakery, dairy / dairy, brewery, farm shop, beer garden and restaurant are today regarded as pioneering operation of natural, species-appropriate and sustainable food production on a large scale, they combine a full - biological operation ( including its own biogas plant and its own treatment plant) with the objective of economic efficiency ( distribution network and its own shops and market operations ) and intrinsic / the artistic ( numerous works of art in and around the yard, regular Hofmärkte with artistic accompanying program ). 2008 Herrmann Landwerkstätten were awarded the Organic Trade Price, a " Selly ". The business is now run by his son Charles Schweisfurth while Charles twin brother Georg is one of the founders of the Basic AG.

In and around Munich Herrmann Landwerkstätten operate twelve own Herrmannsdorfer shops, where in addition to its own products a basic assortment of organic food is sold, they also supply their products to various health food stores throughout Germany. Providing the Basic AG was canceled due to the entry of the Schwarz group in this organic supermarket chain, in September 2007.

Founded by Karl -Ludwig Schweisfurth Schweisfurth Foundation is committed to the exploration of sound and more natural diet and forgave 1991-2002 together with the International Society of Livestock ( IGN) the Schweisfurth Research Award for species-appropriate animal husbandry.

The Symbiotic Agriculture is a system developed and tested by Karl- Ludwig Schweisfurth approach to artisanal production of high quality food, especially meat products. It helps to preserve small-scale structures and is characterized by a careful treatment of the animals to death and beyond. The so-called battle - hard - house to be built in rural communities. It draws on the culture of the pig slaughter and brings the transformation of life in food resources back into the lives of consumers. Today many flagship projects of the symbiotic agriculture were realized in Europe already.

Publications

  • Beastly Good. Westend Verlag, February 2010, ISBN 978-3-938060-31-5.
  • Let's talk ... Reverence for Life about killing: Bertram Verhaag. 35 min, DVD. (Abstract)
  • With Günter Altner, Hans -Jürgen Kaufmann: battle hard? Reverence for life. The animals return dignity. (Abstract)
  • When it comes to the sausage. Autobiography. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-570-50001-2.
  • The Book of good meat. 1st edition. Hermannsdörfer Landwerkstätten, 1998, DNB 970,403,909th
  • The Book of good meat. 1st edition. Zabert Sandmann, 2004, ISBN 3-89883-099-3. ( z.T. identical to the previous book ).

Criticism

In Herten, the hometown of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, review it gets loud again and again, that the assets of Schweisfurth family has been " earned " by use of forced labor during the Third Reich.

Television documentary

  • Germany, your heirs - a gift of money: pleasure or burden? The Saturdays documentation Süddeutsche Zeitung TV, Germany, 2011, 120 min, with Wolfgang Grupp, Stephanie von Pfuel, Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth and Albrecht von Weech, Production: VOX Original Air Date: August 20, 2011.
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