Alb-Leisa

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Organic producers' association "Alb-Leisa"
legal form Producer group
founding 2001
Seat Lauterach (Alb-Danube District)
management Lutz Mammel
Number of employees 2 full-time, 2 part-time. over 80 affiliated companies (as of 10-2017)
Branch Agriculture
Website Homepage of the producer group

The term Alb-Leisa describes on the one hand the organic producer group “Alb-Leisa” , then the trade name Alb-Leisa used by this community for the lentils produced, and finally Alb-Leisa denotes several old varieties of the lentil from the breeder Fritz Späth. "Leisa" means lentils in Swabian. The producer group operates a central cleaning system for the lentils and in 2011 consisted of 52 cultivation companies on the Swabian Alb, with a cultivation area of ​​almost 150 hectares, in 2015 of 70 farms. The community supplies around 100 restaurants and over 300 organic shops, almost exclusively in Baden-Württemberg.

history

The lentil from the Middle East is one of the oldest cultivated plants. The Swabian Alb and adjacent areas were a special focus in German lentil cultivation until the 1950s. The Alb lens was rarely advertised in the surrounding area as a specialty, and some was only produced for personal use. In 1908 the daily newspaper "Tübinger Chronik" reported an increase in cultivation on the Alb. Later the lentil cultivation was stopped due to a lack of profitability. Lentils were no longer cultivated in the region for several decades. In 1985, the Mammel organic farm resumed the old tradition of growing lentils in Baden-Württemberg in Lauterach (Alb-Donau district) . The demand was so great that the producer group was founded in 2001 to meet the demand. It turned out that seeds of the previously common varieties could no longer be found on the market.

Cultivar care

Späths Alblinse II "The Little One"

Since the old varieties were no longer available, they made do with the French Puy lentil , which is suitable for the soil and climate of the Swabian Alb . It was the most produced variety in 2011. The classic varieties "Späths Alblinse small", "Späths Alblinse large" and "Späths Hellerlinse" from the breeder Fritz Späth from Haigerloch were discovered in the gene bank of the St. Petersburg Wawilow Institute and only brought back to Germany in 2006. Since then they have been grown and multiplied again. "Späths Alblinse klein" is relatively small and marbled from dark brown to black. It was put back on the market for the first time in autumn 2011. Currently, three genotypes are grown under the accession numbers “K-2076” (small-seeded “Späths Alb-Leisa I”) and “K-2106” (large-seeded “Späths Alb-Leisa”) (VIR 2008a). They are protected under the name Alb-Leisa of the producer group.

Cultivating the cultivars and producing seeds is done by the farmer who grows the lentils or the producer group . There are hardly any professional seed propagators here.

marketing

500 g pack of Späths Alblinse I "The Great"

The marketing is done centrally by the Lauteracher Alb field fruits company (formerly Biohof Mammel). The transport routes should remain short, which is why deliveries are only made in the wider area of ​​Baden-Württemberg and in neighboring Bavaria. Both restaurants that focus on local cuisine and farm shops and organic shops in the wider region are supplied. The Alb-Leisa are now included in Slow Food 's Ark of Taste . Individual producers in the community market themselves under their own names.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://lauteracher.de/unternehmen/alb-leisa-zeugergemeinschaft.html Website of the producer group accessed on January 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Press release of the producer group (PDF file; 194 kB)
  3. ↑ Eisler, Gerhard; Color Atlas Agricultural Cultivated Plants, 1991, Ulmer Verlag; Page 93
  4. ↑ Alb-Leisa. Retrieved on October 23, 2017 (German).
  5. ↑ Bettina Hartmann: Alblinsen: Homecoming of a legume . In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed on February 3, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Kraut, Eva; Genotype screening of historical alb lentils and their agronomic suitability under today's growing conditions, 2008, pages 1 to 2
  7. ↑ Markus Brauer: History of the lens in Baden-Württemberg: On the trail of the alpine lens . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on February 3, 2017]).
  8. ^ Horneburg, Bernd; A breath of fresh air for an old cultivated plant - lentils in organic cultivation, their history and use; Göttingen 2003, 1st edition, Dreschflegel eV and Institute for Plant Production and Plant Breeding of the University of Göttingen, page 33
  9. ↑ http://lauteracher.de/unternehmen/alb-leisa-entwicklung.html
  10. ↑ Ark of Taste: Alblinse - description of the passenger , slowfood.de