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