Today, agriculture and the food system worldwide largely follow capitalist logic: the aim is not to feed all people and ensure the sustainable fertility of our arable land. The aim is to maximize profits. And this at the expense of people, animals and the environment, with devastating consequences for the climate. Our vision is different: Instead of maximizing profit, agriculture should once again have healthy nutrition as its purpose. To achieve this, social justice and ecological responsibility must be combined worldwide. And this is only possible if we think and organize agriculture beyond capitalism and exploitation.
Historically and currently, there are many inspiring and pioneering projects and approaches. Whether small farmers, solidarity-based agricultural projects, land cooperatives or cooperatives, humus cultivation, permaculture, alternative fertilization concepts, closing material cycles or adapting to climate change-induced drought - many approaches point the way: Fair agriculture is possible.
How to take action?
In 2025, Disrupt will have two focal points on the topic of agriculture.
Cycle tour: Agriculture on the move
From May 7 to 23, we will be going on a bike tour across Germany. On this tour, everyone is invited to get to know sustainably effective and therefore future-oriented approaches to agriculture. It doesn't matter whether you join us at one place, for one day or the whole time: be part of it.
Action for COP 30
During the COP 30 climate conference, which will take place in Brazil this year, we will be holding an action at Germany's largest soy import port in Brake (near Bremen) to demonstrate: Good and healthy food for all only exists beyond capitalism.
Would you like to support the protests with your own action? Get in touch with us!
Vision of a future-oriented agriculture
Agriculture today is a fully capitalized food system. The aim of this system is not to feed everyone. In this food system, corporations generate profits at the expense of people and the environment. With this highly industrialized agriculture, corporations are burning up the climate and thus the future: Masses of soy are shipped in for industrial milk and meat production in Europe, e.g. from Brazil. There, rainforest is being cut down to grow soy, with direct consequences for the climate. In addition, large fattening facilities lead to over-fertilization. The cultivation of food and animal feed in monocultures destroys the soil and reduces biodiversity. Our oceans are being systematically fished dry. Genetically modified seeds reinforce existing dependencies. These are not mistakes, but the clear intention of the capitalist system. For capitalism, agriculture is also simply a market that functions according to the logic of profit. Not according to a logic that considers how we as humans can live together as well as possible.
This profit-oriented food system robs people worldwide, especially in the Global South, of their livelihoods and destroys soil and water. The Brake feed port (near Bremen) is emblematic of this exploitative and environmentally destructive agricultural industry in Germany. This is because it is the largest of its kind in Germany and, once again, overexploitation of nature is being carried out solely to increase the profits of the companies responsible for soy imports.
We need a food system and agriculture that promote social justice and environmental sustainability at both local and global level.
The aim of agriculture should be healthy nutrition for all. This requires sustainable and fair approaches: Smallholder structures, solidarity-based farming, cooperatives and cooperatives, from which we can still learn a lot in this respect. This requires a far-reaching transformation away from profit-maximizing agriculture towards a fair food system.
We demand a radical end to this capitalist food system. Agriculture should not exploit the environment to generate more and more profit. We want and need an agriculture that feeds us all sustainably. And the good thing is that the history of agriculture is full of knowledge and inspiration. And even today, there are visionary farmers and projects. They focus on sustainable farming and healthy nutrition. And they are trying out forms that go beyond the capitalist pressure to exploit. We want to support and publicize these approaches.
For 2025, we are first planning a dynamic bike tour that will become a network of protest and alternatives. On our route, we will visit the hotspots of destruction caused by industrial agriculture, feed imports and the animal industry. And we head for inspiring examples: Living utopias for a sustainable and just future. At each stop, we want to network, mobilize people and exchange experiences. The cycle tour will end at the networking camp in Brake from May 23-25. And it is here, at Germany's largest feed import port, that we will be organizing a protest camp in November to coincide with the climate conference in Brazil.
Together, we are committed to an agricultural turnaround and a fair tomorrow. Join us!