VDL - Professional Association for Agriculture, Food, Environment

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VDL Professional Association for Agriculture, Food, Environment eV
logo
legal form registered association
Seat Berlin
founding 1919

president Markus W. Ebel-Waldmann
Vice President (s) Peter Jung,

Dr. Rolf Schwerdtfeger

executive Director Stephan Ludewig
Website www.vdl.de

The VDL Federal Association, Professional Association for Agriculture, Nutrition, Environment eV , is a professional association of those who have completed a degree in agricultural sciences , nutritional and household sciences / ecotrophology , land maintenance , environmental protection or related disciplines, are still studying or are due to comparable activity are interested in the work of the association. The VDL, which sees itself as a specialist, service and lobbying association, is based in Berlin.

tasks

The association carries out professional work and has the task of protecting the interests of its members. In the areas of agriculture, nutrition and the environment, science, research and teaching are promoted and represented in public. The aim is to secure the classic occupational field in the agricultural and food industry and to open up new areas of activity for the academic “green” professions. In order to fulfill the tasks, the VDL and its member associations are particularly committed to

  • the professional, social and economic interests of the members,
  • advising members on labor and social law issues,
  • the promotion of basic and advanced training for members and students
  • maintaining the collegial and social cohesion of the members,
  • the presentation of the diverse tasks and possible uses of the members in science, economy, administration, politics, advice, schools, planning, environmental protection, development aid and other areas of society and
  • the reputation of the profession in public.

Furthermore, the association cultivates cooperation and liaison with relevant associations as well as scientific teaching and research facilities at home and abroad.

history

The predecessor of the Association of German Graduate Farmers (VDL) was the Reichsbund of Academically Educated Farmers (RagL) founded in Magdeburg in September 1919; it existed until 1932. It was followed by the Reichsbund Deutscher Diplomlandwirte (RDL; also: RDDL), which existed from 1933 to 1945 and was affiliated with the Reichsnährstand .

The federal office of the VDL moved from Frankfurt am Main to Bonn in 1955, from Bonn to Hanover in 1957, from Hanover to Bonn-Oberkassel in 1961, to Bonn-Beuel in 1963 and from Bonn (Kasernenstrasse) to Berlin (Claire-Waldoff-Str. 7) in 2006

Members

Its full members are the Federal Association of University Graduates / Engineers, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture eV (BHGL) and 9 VDL regional associations / regional groups.

Supporting members are R + V Allgemeine Versicherung AG , Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank , Deutsche Raiffeisenverband eV , Deutsche LandFrauenverband eV , ADM Hamburg AG , AgroBrain S.à.rl, RCC Agency for Integrated Communication GmbH and Adama Deutschland GmbH , Cheminova Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and VEG Geisenheim Alumni Association .

Cooperations

The federal association is able to protect the socio-political and professional interests of its members through various partnerships. The cooperation partner is the dbb beamtenbund and tarifunion , the German management association ULA and the European Confederation of Agronomists Associations (CEDIA).

VDL chairmen / presidents since 1948

At the top is the president. The following people have held this office since 1948:

VDL managing director since 1948

The following people have held this office since 1948:

  • 1948–1955: Hellmuth Münzberg
  • 1955–1958: Hans Bavendamm
  • 1958–1961: Lutz Hübner
  • 1961–1962: Karl Driehaus
  • 1962–1973: Eckhard Vilmar
  • 1973–1974: Heinz Seratzki
  • 1974–1981: Eckart Meier
  • 1981–1985: Clemens Große Frie
  • 1985–1993: Christiane Volkinsfeld
  • 1994–1994: Monika Baaken
  • 1994–2000: Jörg-Friedrich Sander
  • 2000–2003: Ursula Lütke-Entrup
  • 2003–2006: Brigitte Niefind
  • 2006–2006: Helmut Nieder
  • 2006–2018: Astrid Kubatsch
  • since 2018: Stephan Ludewig

Association magazine

  • 1919–1933: "Communications from the Reich Association of Academically Trained Farmers"
  • 1934–1943: "The graduate farmer - communications from the Reichsbund of academically trained farmers"
  • 1951–1973: "The graduate farmer"
  • 1974–1982: "VDL News"
  • 1983 - today: "VDL Journal"

literature

Dr. Dieter Barth: From a qualified farmer to a qualified agricultural engineer to a Bachelor / Master degree - 100 years of the VDL Federal Association . Ed .: VDL Federal Association of Agricultural, Food and Environment Professional Associations Berlin 2019, p. 160 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release “100 Years of the VDL Professional Association for Agriculture, Nutrition and Environment” from May 29, 2019, https://www.vdl.de/100-jahre-vdl-berufsverband-agrar-ernaehrung-umwelt-ev/  ; accessed on February 15, 2020
  2. ↑ Gustavo Corni, Horst Gies, "Bread - Butter - Kanonen: The food industry in Germany under Hitler's dictatorship", p. 88, chapter: "The Reichsnährstand as an organization of the Nazi food industry", Verlag Walter de Gruyter, April 2015, https : //books.google.de/books? id = 7l_yCQAAQBAJ & pg = PA88 & lpg = PA88  ; accessed on February 15, 2020
  3. ↑ 1919 - 2019: 100 years of the VDL-Bundesverband eV - On May 23, 2019, the VDL Professional Association for Agriculture, Food, Environment eV celebrated its 100th anniversary with a ceremony in Berlin, Chronik, https://www.vdl.de/ 100-years-vdl-federal association /  ; viewed on February 16, 2020