The Ehrensberg farm

A HiPP model company for biodiversity

At the remote Ehrensberg, HiPP tries out environmental measures for improving biodiversity. The aim is to work this organic farm in a sustainable and effective way until 2015 as a model business. In the future it is intended as a model for HiPP producers.

We want to show how sustainability and protection of biodiversity can be incorporated into a farm’s daily routine.

Ehrensberg farm

The aim is to work this model business in a sustainable and effective way.

In the future it is intended as a model for HiPP producers.

Soil quality

Organic straw, rock flour, solid manure fertilizer and other natural methods improve the soil’s fertility.

Old breeds

Old breeds, such as Original Braunvieh cattle (only 500 left in Bavaria), provide genetic diversity.

Ecosystems

New habitats are created with woodland pastures, rows of trees, hedges for protection of wild animals (e.g. for the endangered red-backed shrike), deadwood hedges, rootstocks and flowering strips at the edges of fields and in meadows.