Knowledge & Perspectives
Dr. sc. agr. Friedrich Longin interviewed by NPR, USA: Nothing Says 'Hip' Like Ancient Wheat (27.06.2016) [28.06.2016]
"People are interested in healthy things that are not modified, that are non-GMO," says Friedrich Longin, a plant breeder at the University of Hohenheim, Germany, who wrote the opinion article with his colleague Tobias Würschum.more
Happy = Healthier (Prof. Dr. Volker Stefanski, Interview, Süddeutsche.de - Panorama, 20.06.2016, dpa-Videokanal / ARD-Tagesthemen 29.06.2016) [27.06.2016]
What makes a pig happy? Researchers at the University of Hohenheim want to find it out. more
Dr. sc. agr. Friedrich Longin interviewed by the SWR Television regarding ancient grains (Planet Knowledge | 14.06.2016) (in German) [15.06.2016]
Healthier and better - that is the call of ancient grains. Emmer and Einkorn wheats, spelt and Khorasan wheat are in vogue again. For years, the ancient grains were forgotten just like the number of medicinal plants.more
Prof. Dr. Herbert Schmidt and Dr. Werner Philipp interviewed by SWR Television about EHEC: Has the treat really been eliminated? (19.05.2016) [20.05.2016]
Hohenheim University researchers speaking about the threat of EHEC in Germany and their recent research results - five years after the epidemic of 2011more
Dr. med. vet. Werner Philipp on EHEC in the environment - Interview by SWR Television (Planet Knowledge| SWR | 18.05.2016) [19.05.2016]
EHEC in food, sewage and sludge? Hohenheim's researcher and others about methods and solutions for prevention in a SWR Television interview (in German)more
Prof. Herbert Schmidt broadcasted on German Deutschlandfunk: "Forschung aktuell" 09.05.2016 (in German) [10.05.2016]
Multiresistant germs are hiding in some people's nose without being realized. But all of a sudden, problems might occur in the hospital if these antibiotics-resistant bacteria get into open wounds. That's why researchers are searching for strategies and methods to fight such infections. Bacteriophages are natural enemies of bacteria and might provide a key for new therapies.more
Prof. Dr. Günter Neumann interviewed by WDR Television about glyphosate threat: Poison in the field - glyphosate, the underrated risk? (die story | 21.04.2016) (in German) [21.04.2016]
Glyphosat ist weltweit der meistverwendete Unkrautvernichter auf unseren Äckern - und in unseren Gärten. Sechs Millionen Kilogramm wurden alleine 2012 in Deutschland auf die Böden gebracht. Wissenschaftler warnen vor Langzeitschäden.more
Book "Mediterranean Diet"
A guide to the preventive and curative power of nutrition
Nature conservation and agriculture: Research for constructive dialogues
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schweiger, Dept. Communication Science
Covid-19 related Research
Projects, Publications and Experts
Be part of it - smoke free
If the need for cigarettes and food compete for little financial means, health problems add up, says Prof. Dr. Ströbele-Benschop.
