Cross Visit Vegetables Austria
Vegetable farming and climate change: ways of adaption and resilience
Vienna and Lower Austria, Austria
25-27 August 2025
A comprehensive 2,5-day farm tour focused on small-scale vegetable farming in the face of climate change. This unique experience will offer the space to advisors to learn about different advisory systems and approaches on how to face challenges and to share their own experiences working in organic farming.
The participants will get to know small-scale organic farms around Vienna that work with different innovative solutions to grow organic vegetables. This includes technical solutions, soil organic matter (humus) build-up and holistic biodiversity . Next to the farms, the cross-visit participants will visit a City Farm in the heart of Vienna. In the evening, we will discover the culinary talents of our group of advisors, who will showcase their skills by preparing dishes using the organic vegetables sourced directly from the farms we visited.
Registration
You will be asked to provide some personal information, a brief description of your interest in joining this visit and your capacity in covering your travel costs. Participation is not guaranteed, because the number of advisors who may join the visit is limited. Participants taking part will receive a confirmation message.
First-round registration deadline: 1 July 2025; Confirmation of application: 15 July 2025The
The registration deadline might be extended in case of undersubscription.
Program
Contact information
For any additional information, please contact:
- Anna Wilhelm: anna.wilhelm@ernte.at
Requirements
Participation to the entire cross visit program. There is no possibility to arrive later or leave earlier, except for local participants. Latest possible arrival time on 25 August 2025 is 12.45pm at Vienna main station.
Participants
Agricultural advisor supporting organic farmers or famers in conversion as well as, advisors or young graduates willing to gain competences in organic advice are welcome to join this cross visit. Maximum 18 participants.
Travel costs
In case you do not have budget to cover your travel costs, the project advisory partner in your respective country can reimburse part of your travel costs. Eligible countries for cost reimbursement are FR, DE, IT, BG, EE, DK, AT, CH, HU, ES,PT, HR, RO, IE, NL, SE, FI, CZ, PL, GR, SI, RS.
Eligible costs for reimbursement are transport (train, flight), accommodation (2-3 nights), social lunch and dinners, up to a limit of 400-800 EUR/participant.
Once your participation to the cross visit is confirmed, you will receive more detailed information by the advisory project partner in your country about the conditions for cost reimbursement.
Costs during the Cross Visit are estimated to be 500 EUR including for breakfasts, social lunch & dinner & activity as well as the accommodation for 2 nights. This estimate does not include the food and transport expenses to reach Vienna.
