{"id":76837,"date":"2021-07-05T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=76837"},"modified":"2024-05-31T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:12:23","slug":"the-crazy-organic-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/coffee-with\/the-crazy-organic-people\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe crazy organic-people\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76837\" class=\"elementor elementor-76837 elementor-70940\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d5b543 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63d5b543\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354958f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"354958f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1779a5f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1779a5f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46557fbf elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"46557fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Coffee with<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936e4ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"936e4ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThe crazy organic-people\u201d<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355a3260 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"355a3260\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For 25 years, he has been head, heart \u2013 and gut \u2013 of Mount Hagen:<br \/>\nKarsten Suhr, authorized officer and thoroughly a coffee-man, talks about the very start of the business, about consequences, stereotyped thinking, and stubbornness. And how a coincidence can bring you closer to achieving your dreams.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf889e elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--biography-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"fdf889e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/658aaa1cb222764631d1806651a1719f2be5e13e7c9eb4fba543d3264646fc4e?s=120&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\" alt=\"Picture of Kristin Oldenburg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div 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128z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/en\/tags\/dourness\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Dourness<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4256545e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4256545e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfoto: lichtenford-design\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99945d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99945d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c67c2b9\" data-id=\"6c67c2b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30344a61\" data-id=\"30344a61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a762a4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a762a4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Karsten, thank you so much for taking the time to give us a glimpse behind the scenes. What kind of coffee can I offer you?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> I love the Peru-Demeter. Or the blend, our \u2013 how do you call it? \u2013 \u201eall-time-favorite\u201c. It tastes so well-rounded\u2026\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Ok, so first of all a Peru-coffee for you. And now, let\u2019s start. Would you tell us a little bit about yourself? <\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> I actually come from a farm \u2013 a very conventional one. There, I was trained in wholesale <em>and international land trade and that is where everything started for me:<\/em> I was fascinated by the development of agriculture over the past decades. The desertification of farmland, almost no hummus left \u2013 I asked myself, if there was anything that could be done differently. There must be something.<\/p><p>Back then, we lived near the Bauckhof in Amelinghausen. I used to go there to get fresh milk with a milk churn for the kids. That is how I met Joachim Bauck. Through him, I eventually got into the organic wholesale branch with a focus on Demeter, where I stayed for 10 years. At that time, Mount Hagen was still small, but part of the product portfolio. Bevor I started working for Wertform in 1996, I worked in a company for technical components, for a short amount of time. The organically oriented companies were mostly located in the south of Germany, but I did not want to leave the north.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25320e7f\" data-id=\"25320e7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96a0001 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96a0001\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3b8810\" data-id=\"f3b8810\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69b39e8\" data-id=\"69b39e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f4bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0f4bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>So, you are a real northern light? <\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(smiles)<\/em> Yes, that\u2019s what I am being told. But it was the right decision: When I started working for Wertform, we were only 4 people. Today, one would call that a classical start-up. The owners left us the freedom to work as independent, as if it was our own company.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df7ffc9\" data-id=\"df7ffc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aa50132 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aa50132\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-567d238e\" data-id=\"567d238e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-427231ef\" data-id=\"427231ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659a5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"659a5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cIn the beginning, people called us the crazy organic-people and laughed at us\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6efe3552\" data-id=\"6efe3552\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aa6546 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aa6546\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-265f02f\" data-id=\"265f02f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1799801\" data-id=\"1799801\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f045b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8f045b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>What was your idea?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> Organic coffee, Fairtrade-coffee was a peculiar thing back then. And so were we. <em>We were called the crazy organic-people and were laughed at.<\/em> We didn\u2019t just intend to expand sustainable cultivation, but also to provide a fair pay to our business partners and coffee farmers. And we wanted to produce delicious coffee. The Nicaragua-El-Salvador alternatives at that time tasted terrible.\u00a0<\/p><p><em>I always asked myself one big question:<\/em> How do I build a business, a team, a brand with the aim of being successful ecologically and economically at the same time? Thankfully, we were given plenty of rope, <em>but in the end, the success proved us right.<\/em><\/p><p>We thought <em>\u201cbig\u201c<\/em> from the very beginning. We went to international expos for organic products in the USA, in Dubai and so on. That\u2019s why we became widely known over time, even though we were only as big as a thimble.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa81483\" data-id=\"aa81483\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3f0979 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3f0979\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2809ebe\" data-id=\"2809ebe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f0c3cf\" data-id=\"0f0c3cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb9cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcb9cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sometimes you need to be stubborn.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf381cf\" data-id=\"bf381cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b212889 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b212889\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e152bed\" data-id=\"e152bed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65ff7fc\" data-id=\"65ff7fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac3fcfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac3fcfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<em> Didn\u2019t you face any resistance? <\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> Not much. Well, let\u2019s put it this way: There were strong relationships between some trade partners that we could not get in between. Some believed that organic products need to stay in the organic food trade section. We had a different view on that and received plenty of suspicious looks. <em>\u201cBrand thinking\u201d<\/em> was also something that had not fully arrived in the organic segment. That took quite some time. And of course, some business partners tried to dictate prices. <em>(smiles)<\/em> In these situations we remained stubborn and declined politely. But we never gave up and eventually came to an agreement.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Who won?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>K:<em> (laughs)<\/em> I am not unsatisfied.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ac5b02\" data-id=\"6ac5b02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6679fd77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6679fd77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">photos: Lichtenford-Design<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a059482\" data-id=\"2a059482\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b05354d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b05354d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Die-verrueckten-Bios-0107b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112120\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ccf0a1\" data-id=\"52ccf0a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eff0bd3 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eff0bd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14a3f32d\" data-id=\"14a3f32d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bad3ffd\" data-id=\"3bad3ffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c486b9a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3c486b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127953c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"127953c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">photos: Lichtenford-Design<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a60c591\" data-id=\"2a60c591\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d30eb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d30eb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-647e22b\" data-id=\"647e22b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ae895b\" data-id=\"5ae895b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3bbf29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3bbf29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<em> I see\u2026Where did you get the perseverance?<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> <em>It is basically enthusiasm.<\/em> There is so much we can develop. We support the farmers to switch to organic cultivation. We grow. Together. We do something meaningful.\u00a0<\/p><p>I am absolutely convinced of Demeter-cultivation. And I share this dream with Dago and Cesar von La Chacra D\u2019Dago and together we can achieve it.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>That is the Demeter-farm in Peru. How did you meet?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b56c41a\" data-id=\"b56c41a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d74b5f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d74b5f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca9bb8d\" data-id=\"ca9bb8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23d6ec0\" data-id=\"23d6ec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c813fe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c813fe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThey have a dream. And so do I.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a32521c\" data-id=\"a32521c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25dd8d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25dd8d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e199448\" data-id=\"e199448\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4bd4ee\" data-id=\"f4bd4ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3585c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a3585c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>K:<\/strong> Coincidence. We were travelling through Peru to visit organic farmers and cooperatives. His small farm was on the way, so we decided to make a small detour. <em>Some things are just meant to happen<\/em>. Dago was in the middle of transitioning to organic farming and told us about his ideas to go one step further to biodynamic farming. We got on well from the beginning.<\/p><p>Today we receive three containers of Demeter-coffee from him. That really is not much. But we support him to convince other farmers of Demeter-cultivation. We help him with interest-free loans, for example for his fermentation tanks. So, over the years we developed a unique partnership. Maybe you can even call it friendship \u2013 with him and his son Cesar. <em>They have a dream. And so do I.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>What kind of dream?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> I want to produce much more Demeter-coffee \u2013 100 containers instead of 7 or 8 within the next year. And there is more to it. Because that would lead to the cultivation of vegetables and fruit. A large variety would develop. We could build a school. Achieving this as a team is just amazing. And very rare. We are going a long way together, without any adhesion contracts or dependency. But <em>\u201esimply\u201c<\/em> because we want to achieve it together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94f3ee7\" data-id=\"94f3ee7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9824d19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9824d19\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f3f56\" data-id=\"64f3f56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c2dd14\" data-id=\"1c2dd14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e3c4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e3c4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Organic is not nice to have. It is a necessity.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa1942a\" data-id=\"aa1942a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb9a0cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb9a0cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf183d8\" data-id=\"cf183d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf2e897\" data-id=\"bf2e897\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aad1e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aad1e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Is that self-realization? Personal courage?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong><em> Self-realization? No. Courage? Maybe. In fact, I believe it is simply a necessity.<\/em> The climate change demands a different kind of agriculture. The minimum standard should ne to follow to the EU regulations on organic farming. That would be better than what we have now.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Currently, we have a total of 10% of organic farmland in Germany\u2026<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>K:<\/strong> And we need more, organic must become the standard. I know, that sounds like a fantasy. But I am sure that it is possible. <em>You just have to do it.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>What an amazing appeal. Thank you, Karsten, for your time and your frankness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f88727\" data-id=\"5f88727\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karsten Suhr, authorized officer and thoroughly a coffee-man, shares some inside stories. 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