Guido Reinhardt and Minister of Agriculture Alois Rainer at Anuga 2025
At this year's ‘Organic on stage’ market discussion at Anuga, the world's largest food trade fair in Cologne, Guido Reinhardt explained the ifeu Institute's positions on the food transition on the podium.
In his opening statement on organic food, Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer reaffirmed that he would continue to support the goals of the previous government's national ‘Bio-Strategy 2030’. This consists of achieving a 30% share of organic farming and 30% organic food on the market by 2030. According to Minister Rainer, his main focus will be on communal catering.
Guido Reinhardt added that for the food transition to succeed, it is crucial to include not only communal catering (daycare centres, schools, hospitals, canteens, retirement homes, etc.), but all areas of out-of-home catering, including sporting events, festivals and other events in public spaces, as well as public institutions (theatres, etc.). Calculations by ifeu for the UBA CO2 calculator show that greenhouse gas emissions associated with out-of-home catering account for an average of around 15% of total food-related greenhouse gas emissions, which is on a par with the total emissions from all plant-based foods.
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