The soils of the Filder plateau are among the most fertile in Germany –
and at the same time among the most degraded.
Decades of intensive farming have left their mark:
compaction, erosion, topsoil loss, and a decline in soil life.
What is documented here is not an exception, but everyday reality.
These so-called “images of depletion” show why change is necessary –
and why we choose to take responsibility.
