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Hand in hand with the goals of the connective biotope system

Many an honest attempt to counteract the dramatic decline of species by creating biotopes fails because of conventional agriculture: A beetle that has just found a habitat in newly planted bushes suffers certain death a few meters away via pesticide, and birds and other animals hardly find any poison-free food in conventional agriculture. In addition, there is the fear that hedges would reduce the size of the fields and thus, the yield. In short: In the traditional way of thinking, nature protection and agricultural interests are incompatible. However, the land of peace proves that the collaboration of nature protection measures and agriculture is not only possible, but even very beneficial. Peaceful farming is practiced without any use of chemicals or manure and slurry. Through this, the soil is healthy, and we again see cornflowers, corn cockle and poppies in the grain fields – a picture from past times. The insects and birds that inhabit the hedges bordering the fields keep so-called “pests” in a healthy balance – and so, the fields can bring a good yield.

And what is very beneficial for the birds: The stems do not grow as densely as in conventional farming, so the birds like the field lark, for instance, have the possibility to go around between the stems looking for bits of grain. Thus, peaceable farming contributes decisively to a diversity of species in the connective biotope system.