Colloquium Field Trial. Building blocks for a nutritional turnaround at the UHW
The question of how we feed ourselves and, above all, how we can achieve a healthy diet for everyone is at the heart of the “Feldversuch” project. The aim is to put our diet on a sustainable foundation. To first realize this for the university community, there is cooperation with the Entwicklungsgesellschaft für ganzheitliche Bildung e. V., which combines vegetable cultivation with nature conservation in the Pferdebachtal. The regional vegetables are processed on the one hand into corresponding dishes in the university cafeteria. On the other hand, students have the opportunity to critically reflect on and concretely change their eating behavior by practically learning the basics of sustainable agriculture. The Feldversuch colloquium wants to provide an open discussion forum for students and project participants. The semester program will be developed jointly in the first session..
Prof. Dr. Claus Volkenandt
Objectives & Competences
The problems and questions are clarified at the beginning of the colloquium in a discussion between the participants. Focal points can be
- Discussion and reflective monitoring of the field trial project
- Basic texts on the food transition and questions on the future of agriculture
- Current animal and plant studies
- Basic questions of nutrition (in theory and practice)
- Concrete work in the field
- Hands-on activities on the food transition at UWH (e.g. cookbook, information flyer on the cafeteria or the field trial, etc.)
Learning objectives:
- More conscious coexistence of humans, animals and plants
- Knowledge of the sustainable basis of our nutrition
- Ability to critically reflect on and make concrete changes to one's own eating habits
- practical familiarization with the basics of sustainable agriculture
Maximum number of participants
30 participants