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Friedrich Ostendorff MdBborn: 1953 in Dortmund, NRW
married, obe child
profession: Farmer
land list: North Rhine Westphalia

Office in Berlin
T: +49-30 / 227 - 77049
F: +49-30 / 227 - 76026
friedrich.ostendorff@bundestag.de

Spokesperson on agricultural policy

Commitees

  • Committee on Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (m.)
  • Budget Committee (alt. m.)

The so-called "Dairy Farmers' Revolt" proved the point. Times have moved on in rural areas. Farmers no longer unthinkingly vote for the CDU/CSU. Even the Farmers' Association is ever less widely accepted as a legitimate representative of farmers' interests. For us Greens, this growing alienation of many farmers from the supposed representatives of their interests is both an opportunity and a challenge. It is an opportunity because there are now many areas of political consensus with farmers. At various events in recent years I was greeted warmly when I spoke on topics such as milk quotas, genetic engineering or industrial livestock farming. It is a challenge because we still have to do a great deal to overcome the cultural differences between the Greens and those who live and work in rural areas. To achieve this, we need recognisable personalities to campaign authentically for the needs of rural areas. It is here that I see my task for the coming years. I want to make it clear that it is the Greens who are most interested in upholding sustainable agriculture. I am absolutely convinced that sustainable agriculture is the only way to safeguard ecological and socially sustainable development in rural areas.

Political CV

  • Cofounder of the Greens in Unna County in 1980
  • Since foundation in 1981: Active member of Working Group on sustainable agriculture (AbL)
  • Experience in local politics in home town of Bergkamen
  • Chairperson of Green Group on Unna County Council from 1994 to 2004
  • 2000 to 2005: Member of Bundestag
  • Since 2004: Chairperson of Greens in Unna County
  • Since 2006: Member of State Executive Committee of BUND, Deputy Chairperson since 2007

Reportage (in german)

  • Ackern im Bundestag