Dr. Heinrich Graf von Bassewitz, Member of the Council
Federal Commissioner for organic farming of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), Chair of the organic farming group of the EU farmers’ organisation Copa-Cogeca, organic farmer
„Thinking sustainably means thinking in generations, and thus not just for one’s own personal benefit, but for the benefit of the continuance of our Earth, with new ideas and goals for the future.”
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| 29 Jan. 1954 | Born in Göttingen |
| 1974 - 1982 | agricultural sciences studies at the university of Göttingen (engineering degree) and Hohenheim (doctor’s degree) |
| 1980 | assistant at the university of Hohenheim |
| 1980 - 1992 | project manager of the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in different projects at the Ivory Coast and in Uruguay |
| since 1991 | working as eco-friendly farmer on the family-owned business “Gut Dalwitz” in the German Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Honorary commitment
| Since 1992 | deputy chairman of the organization BIOPARK e.V. |
| Since 1993 | chairman of the supervisory board of BIOPARK Markt GmbH |
| Since 2000 | federal commissioner of the German farmers’ association for ecological farming and he is member of the executive committee |
| Since 2006 | Chairman of the association Mecklenburger Agrarkultur e.V. and of the foundation Parkland |
| Since 2009 | Chairman of the working group for ecological farming at COPA/ COGECA in Brussels |
| Since Jun. 2010 | Member of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) |
Dr. Heinrich Graf von Bassewitz is married, he has a son and a daughter.
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