20 Jahre ‚Gäa e.V. - Vereinigung ökologischer Landbau’

For the understanding of ecological agriculture, knowledge of its roots is essential. Actual literature about this topic does not cover the history of ecological agriculture in East Germany especially if chronological development and individual motivation are seen as mutual dependent. The ecological organisation Gäa e.V. was founded in the GDR in 1989. Its origins were oppositional environmental groups working within the East German church. It developed own principles based on individual experience with unique aspects. It has established and integrated well in the German ecological agriculture structure after the reunification and the changed political background as an authentic representative of and for the East German ecological agriculture scene