The Freese Organic Farm is testing a number of adaptation options for agriculture, especially in the area of the cultivation of cereals and of high-quality vegetables. Open-field crop farming is becoming ever more difficult due to climate change. In order to better protect vegetable cultures from such extreme weather events as heat waves or heavy rain, the Freese Organic Farm is testing the following innovations: (1) A new greenhouse covering which, due to its particular permittivity, makes open-field-like light conditions possible in a protected structure. At the same time the farm is seeking resilient, climate adapted vegetable strains which are to be examined for their particular properties, both in open-field cultivation and under the protection of this innovative foil. (2) In the area of cereal raising, the organic farm is trying to cultivate an old strain of rye. (3) And by baking and marketing bread from this rye, the farm wants to raise consciousness about the issue of climate change and adaptation.
Klimawandelauswirkungen, wie die Meereserwärmung oder die Absenkung des pH-Wertes, können in den nächsten 15-20 Jahren zu einer Verringerung oder Wanderung der Fischbestände führen, da sich zum Beispiel das Schwarm- und Laichverhalten der Fischbestände ändern kann. Der Großteil der Tiefkühl-Rohware für die deutsche Fischindustrie stammt derzeit aus Ländern, die nicht der EU angehören. Zukünftig wird daher ein effektiveres Management der verfügbaren Rohwaren notwendig sowie eine bestandserhaltendere Zucht von Fischarten zur Versorgung des Marktes.