Current projects
"Ground2Live"
Vegetable growing
Living lab approach with the aim of integrating cover crops in the form of undersown or catch crops and plowless tillage in vegetable cultivation systems in order to make systems more resilient to climate change.
Pig farming group
Pig farming
On-farm fine-seeded legumes as a significant source of protein in organic pig feeding – optimization of fattening, climate protection and practicability.
"ALLFacts"
EU-consortia Project
Agroecological living labs to accelerate change
"KOMPASS Hessen"
Arable farming
Validation of Cost-Effective Methods for the Practical Measurement of Nitrogen Losses Following the Plowing Under of Legume-Grass Mixtures on Commercial Farms in Hesse
Cooperations
NÖK Hesse
Cooperation
Cooperation between Praxisforschungsnetzwerk Hessen (PFN) and
Hesse Organic Farming and Compost Network (NÖK)
European Network for Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures
Cooperation
Collaboration of the Practice Research Network Hesse (PFN) in the European Network
Completed projects and collaborations
"Umkreis"
Arable farming
Influence of three plowing methods and different intercrop mixtures on humus build-up and nitrogen retention in the soil-plant system.
"Ökoboden4Resilienz"
Vegetable growing
Effect of compost of animal or plant origin in combination with leguminous and non-leguminous catch crops on the water holding capacity of the soil and humus formation.
Sowing technology ZF
Arable farming
Tine groove (Kuhn Megant), planer (Rath) or Coverseeder (Müthing)? Which variant was best suited for sowing catch crops in 2023?
"ALL Ready" – Pilot Network
Cooperation
Collaboration of the Practice Research Network Hessen (PFN) in the European pilot network for real-world laboratories and research infrastructure
Link to: Grundlagen Praxisforschung Hessen
Basics PFN
Completed
Basics for setting up a practical research network
15.03.2021 – 31.10.2021
Publications
2025
- Ökomenischer Gärtnerrundbrief: Practical tests for undersown crops 2024 vegetable group 2
- Presentation BioNet-2025 (Jana Zinkernagel)
- Position paper on practical research
- Presentation slides on the topic of practical research
- Presentation on the position paper (Round Table 2024)
- Article in the trade journal“Gemüse” 4/2025
- PFN project “Ground2Live” – Poster
- PFN project “Umkreis” – Poster
- PFN group silage feeding pigs – Poster
- PFN project “ÖkoBoden4Resilienz” – Poster
2023
- Field day arable farming group catch crops
- Flyer arable farming group sowing technology
- Flyer field day arable farming group Frankenhausen
- Flyer University Day “Nitrogen Cycle and Climate Adaptation” 2023
- Presentation on the CAP from 2023 (Phillipp Heimel)
- Fact sheet LLH farm-related and impact-related requirements GAÖZ 2023 2-5
- ALLReady – European network for real laboratories 2023
- PFN poster “ÖkoBoden4Resilienz”
- Lecture “Evaluation of catch crops” (Matthias Böldt)