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Franz Josef Steiner

Activity areas

  • Beef production
  • Pasture fattening
  • Suckler farming
  • Dairy cattle
  • Pasture management

Training / professional career

  • Since 2016 Employee at FiBL in the Department of Extension, Training & Communication
  • 2005 - 2016 Managing director of Pro Beef GmBH, cattle marketing
  • 1999 - 2004 Employee of Linis Silvestri AG, development of the organic pasture beef programme (Bio Weide-Beef)
  • 1998 - 2013 Controlling and certification at bio.inspecta
  • 1992 - 1997 Managing director of Steiner Import Export AG in Einsiedeln
  • 1979 - 1991 Agricultural expert, SDC, plantation manager in Indonesia, Peru and Venezuela
  • 1975 - 1976 Diploma for Engineers in tropical agronomy at the Tropical School of the Swiss Tropical Institute Bale

Committee work

  • Board Member of the Bio Suisse Bud "Importation Comity"

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive