Sustainability & responsibility

The rapeseed for our organic rapeseed oil is cultivated extensively in a wide and varied crop rotation. This means that it generally takes between 5 and 7 years to grow rapeseed on the same field. Farmers ensure that soil fertility is maintained by cultivating legumes and keeping animals for several years. In addition, the extensive crop rotation reduces weed pressure and infestation with harmful insects such as the rape seed beetles. This cultivation is therefore a contrast to the usual practice in organic rapeseed cultivation. The industry often tries to compensate by purchasing organic fertilisers and pesticides. However, this is not very sustainable and does not correspond to the original idea of sustainable organic production with a closed nutrient cycle.

A further important advantage of the rape plant is that it can be fully utilised, so that no waste is left behind. This means that rapeseed straw can be left in the field after harvesting - it is an ideal humus-former. The roots of the rapeseed plant serve as nitrogen stores and loosen the soil. As a result, the use of fertiliser in the subsequent field crop can be significantly reduced. The press cake obtained during oil pressing is used as a high-quality protein feed.

During the flowering period, beekeepers set up their colonies near the fields. From one hectare of land the bees collect nectar for up to 100 kg of honey. The rape honey obtained has a mild taste, white to light beige colour and a creamy texture.