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ZirKUH activities


ZirKUH project activities

Please find here a selection of the project activities as part of the research on circular cattle farming in Hesse.

 

Conferences
  • Stefanie Reith, Johannes Zeidler, Lisa Petzoldt, Lutz Breuer, Andreas Gattinger: Sustainability analysis in cattle farming systems from the perspective of circularity, Poster at IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance Conference, April 28-30,  2026, Frick, Schwitzerland. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anscip.2026.03.025
  • Oral presentations and Conference papers at Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, March 03-06 2026, Bonn, Tagungsband: Kemper R, et al. (Hrsg.): Widerspruch begegnen – viele Antworten, ein Ökolandbau, https://wissenschaftstagung.de/wp-content/uploads/WITA_2026_Tagungsband_protected.pdf:

     - Petzoldt L, Wolf L, Eisert J, Gattinger A, Breuer L (2026): Konstant hoher betrieblicher Nachhaltigkeitsgrad am Fallbeispiel Gladbacherhof (Tagungsband, p. 498 ff.)

     - Stefanie Reith, Johannes Zeidler, Lutz Breuer, Andreas Gattinger, Lisa Petzoldt: Zirkuläre Rinderhaltungssysteme zur Stärkung der regionalen Wertschöpfungsketten von Milch und Fleisch in Hessen (Tagungsband, p. 529 ff.).

  • Petzoldt L and Aubert A: Gemeinsame Entscheidung der Kriterien zirkulärer Rinderhaltungssysteme, Workshop at conference Sustainability Assessment of Agrifood Systems, Zentrum für Nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme, Nov. 20, 2025, Giessen.
  • Stefanie Reith, Johannes Zeidler, Lisa Petzoldt, Lutz Breuer, Andreas Gattinger: Nachhaltige Rinderhaltungssysteme zur Stärkung der regionalen Wertschöpfungsketten von Milch und Fleisch, Oral presentation at conference Towards New Food Systems – Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelsysteme neu gedacht, October, 28-30, 2025, Berlin.
  • Zeidler J: A concept for including circularity in life cycle assessment of cattle farming systems, Poster at openLCA conference, April 10-11, 2025, Berlin.
Events
  • Kick-Off Innovation centre for agricultural transformation (IAT), March 17, 2026, Berlin, Co-organization and implementation of a workshop for vision development with future stakeholders of the living lab "Hessisches Mittelgebirge".
  • Öko-Feldtage, June 18–19, 2025 in Canitz (Saxony), Poster presentation.
  • Dialogveranstaltung Landwirtschaftliches Reallabor in Hessen, Nov. 22, 2024, Frankfurt am Main, Oral presentation about the ZirKUH project.
Publications
  • in process

 

Student theses
  • Masterthesis: Sustainability and circularity analysis assessed by the Regionalwert Leistungsrechner: a case study of the Gladbacherhof over 5 years (in process)
  • Topics on circularity for student theses are available, please contact the staffs
Information material and Links
  • JLUniversity press release: Vielfältige Synergien durch zirkuläre Rinderhaltungssysteme, ZirKUH-Project Link 
  • Regionalwert Leistungsrechnung
  • CoolFarmTool
  • EcoInvent data base & Agribalyse
  • Literature:
    - de Boer, I. J. M., & van Ittersum, M. K. (2018). Circularity in Agricultural production. Wageningen University & Research. https://edepot.wur.nl/470625
    - Muscat A, de Olde EM, Ripoll-Bosch R, Van Zanten HHE, Metze TAP, Termeer CJAM, van Ittersum MK, de Boer IJM. Principles, drivers and opportunities of a circular bioeconomy. Nat Food. 2021 Aug;2(8):561-566. doi: 10.1038/s43016-021-00340-7. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PMID: 37118163.
    - Schader C, Muller A, Scialabba Nel-H, Hecht J, Isensee A, Erb KH, Smith P, Makkar HP, Klocke P, Leiber F, Schwegler P, Stolze M, Niggli U. Impacts of feeding less food-competing feedstuffs to livestock on global food system sustainability. J R Soc Interface. 2015 Dec 6;12(113):20150891. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0891. PMID: 26674194; PMCID: PMC4707862.
  • Video and podcast are in process