Despairing of rules

“We only produce organic out of conviction”

Ulrike Gangl and her husband Franz converted their Kollmann farm to organic farming in 2005. Their son Michael (22) helps with the chickens, cows and geese.(Bild: Berger Susi)

Bureaucracy and strict regulations make life and business difficult for farmers like Ulrike and Franz Gangl. One farmer from Goldegg has already drawn the consequences: he has been producing conventionally again since January 1st.

"It's just about enough!" Large purchases such as a new tractor or the conversion of the cowshed are almost impossible for the Gangl family from Lamprechtshausen. This is because the conversion of their 500-year-old Kollmann farm to organic farming brought difficulties.