Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL

December 2025

 

News

 

A man and a woman sitting on a flight of stairs outside.

Voices on climate: "We have no choice but to work with complexity"

Dayana Andrade and Felipe Pasini are our next "Voices on climate." Both have many years of experience with syntropic agriculture – in practice,…

Read more

 

Group picture.

Regenerative and conservation agriculture: researchers and farmers test what works

Researchers from FiBL and partner organisations are embarking on a European project to discover how regenerative and conservation agriculture could…

Read more

 

Six people at a podium with two people on screens.

Biocontrol in organic: managing plant health with complementary practices

In December 2025, a multi-stakeholder event took place at the European Parliament to discuss the specific needs of biocontrol in organic farming.…

Read more

 

A group photo of around 35 smiling people in front of a historic building.

Boosting organic greenhouse production: project successfully kicked off

BIOGREENET is a European initiative dedicated to strengthening organic greenhouse production by bridging knowledge gaps, fostering innovation, and…

Read more

 

An old well in a green landscape.

"Farmers created scenarios for how the community would respond to water scarcity"

In this interview, Julia Hauri reports on the extent to which social inequalities in India characterise access to water - and why community-based…

Read more

 

Sarah Oberländer

FiBL scientist appointed to the European Commission’s Expert Group on Nature Credits

FiBL scientist Sarah Oberländer has been appointed to the European Commission’s new Expert Group on Nature Credits, which starts its work today. Her…

Read more

 

A man is standing outside in front of a whiteboard and speaking.

Long-term data show what organics can do

December 5 is World Soil Day. An experiment that deals intensively with soil is the DOK trial in Switzerland. It is led by FiBL and the state research…

Read more

 

Further news in German

Further FiBL news are available in German. You can find them here: www.fibl.org/de/infothek/nachrichtenarchiv

 

Publications

 

Cover crops in medicinal and aromatic plant production.

New FiBL guide supports MAP producers in Kosovo to build soil fertility and climate resilience

FiBL has released a new technical publication in three languages on cover crops in medicinal and aromatic plant production for trainers and farmers…

Read more

 

Events

 

10-13 February 2026

Biofach 2026

Nuremburg, Germany

Read more

 

28-30 April 2026

IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance Conference 2026

FiBL, Frick, Switzerland and online

Read more

 

FiBL events in other languages

FiBL events in other languages can be viewed at

www.fibl.org/en/info-centre/events

 

Your career at FiBL

Are you interested in a job or an internship at FiBL?
Would you like to write your Bachelor's or Master's thesis at FiBL?
Check out our current vacancies:
www.fibl.org/en/about-us/career/vacancies

 

Sign up now for the Organic Farm Knowledge newsletter

The Organic Farm Knowledge platform provides various tools and information on organic farming. Once a month, our newsletter subscribers receive information on the latest tool uploads, general news, videos and upcoming events regarding organic farming.

Sign up under organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/newsletter

 

FiBL on Facebook, Instagram & Co.

You have a number of possibilities to keep yourself updated about FiBL. Here are the relevant links:

> FiBL news: www.fibl.org/en

> FiBL news via RSS: www.fibl.org/en/info-centre/rss-en

> FiBL newsletter: www.fibl.org/en/info-centre/newsletter-en

> FiBL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FiBLnews

> FiBL on Instagram: www.instagram.com/fibl_org

> FiBL on LinkedIn: www.fibl.org/en/linkedin

> FiBL on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/FiBLFilm/videos

> FiBL podcast: www.fibl.org/podcast (in German)

> New FiBL publications in the Organic Eprints archive: www.fibl.org/en/info-centre/publications-archive-fibl-en

> New FiBL publications in the FiBL shop: shop.fibl.org

 

Support FiBL

Become involved as a sponsor and patron of FiBL, invest in organic farming and a sustainable future: donate.fibl.org

 

Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer

 

The joint newsletter of all FiBL locations is usually published monthly.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Ackerstrasse 113 / Postfach 219
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 62 865-7272
E-mail newsletter@fibl.org
Internet www.fibl.org

Chairman of the Management Board: Dr. Jürn Sanders
VAT Reg. No.: CHE-107.938.089
National VAT No.: CHE-107.938.089 MWST