What is the relationship between seeds and good food?

Our seeds are at the very start of the food chain and, through the dedicated work of farmers and growers—365 days per year—our seeds grow into healthy crops that can be processed by trusted partners to become good food. Good Seed for Good Food.

What is seed's unique role in agriculture?

Seed has a unique role: enables sustainable agriculture; supports the reduction of inputs; faces climate change with strong varieties; unleashes the potential of crop rotations; increases yields to feed a growing world population; establishes the foundation for healthy nutrition.

Why are farmers important to good food?

One farmer today feeds 150 people. Farmers cultivate the fields, ensure a good harvest, help farming to keep moving forward, and contribute to supermarket shelves, food on our tables and a secure food supply for the future.

It all starts with the seed

GOOD SEED GOOD FOOD

Q: What is the MARTIGENA mustard variety and where is it grown?

Our yellow mustard variety MARTIGENA is grown locally by a farmer and then processed by our partner 'Hof.Genuss Solling', entirely in traditional craftsmanship and paired with great care. It happens right around the corner of our KWS headquarters in Einbeck.

Q: How does KWS contribute to sustainable agriculture?

This involves thinking in terms of our planet: focus on reducing inputs such as crop protection products or water, innovations for alternative energies and the efficient use of available land to contribute to sustainable agriculture of the future.

Our seeds are at the very start of the food chain but only through the dedicated work of farmers and growers – 365 days per year – our seeds turn into healthy growing crops that can be processed by trusted partners to become good food. Good Seed for Good Food.

What is KWS' role in providing good food?

We are constantly improving genetic potential of plants through excellent research and breeding and offering expert services to farmers through the entire year. Our high-yield seeds and trusted knowledge have made us the farmers’ partner for generations. Through our daily work, we make an important contribution to the supply of good food to our growing world population. And that is what we are proud of.

This involves thinking in terms of our planet: With focus on the reduction of inputs such as crop protection products or water, innovations for alternative energies and, of course, the efficient use of available land represent a contribution to sustainable agriculture of the future. We offer a wide range of products that meet the most diverse requirements in temperate and tropical climates and enable balanced crop rotation. We tailor our seeds to the needs and requirements of our customers to deliver the very best quality. Best seeds, carefully adapted to regional soils and climatic conditions.

Seed has a unique role

Enables and encourages sustainable agriculture
Supports the reduction of inputs
Faces climate change with strong varieties
Unleashes the potential of crop rotations
Increases yields to feed a growing world population
Establishes the foundation for healthy nutrition

Where would we be without farmers?

The role of seed is as unique as the role of the farmer is crucial to good food. One farmer today feeds 150 people. They are cultivating the fields, making sure that we have a good harvest, help to ensure that farming does not stand still, and that in the end we have full supermarket shelves, food on our tables and a good security of food supply in the future. A truly crucial profession.

Some of our seeds are specifically grown by committed farmers and processed by local partners.

Our mustard for example

Our yellow mustard variety MARTIGENA

the major ingredient of our SENFLIEBE and SENFFLIRT, is grown locally by a farmer and then processed by our partner "Hof.Genuss Solling", entirely in traditional craftsmanship and paired with great care. All right around the corner of our KWS headquarters in Einbeck.