Berlin, Germany
1930
2021
The bread bakery Märkisches Landbrot as founded in 1930 in Berlin. When Joachim Weckmann took over the company in 1981 as CEO, he turned the business into an all-organic bakery. Since 1992, Märkisches Landbrot only uses and produces bioydynamics products. In line with the biodynamic production process, 90 percent of all the wheat used is bought from biodynamic farms around Berlin. Today, the Berlin-based bakery produces up to 8,000-kilo bread a day, making around 62 different kinds of baked bread products that are delivered to more than vending points such as organic supermarkets, small organic shops, food coops, and community nursing homes.
For Märkisches Landbrot it’s all about bread – healthy, biodynamic, and high in quality. Following their motto “our bread is as good as the grain from which it is made and as healthy as the soil in which the seed grows”, the bakery follows a thorough biodynamic production process and not only aims to produce high-quality bread but to also take social responsibility and promote a sustainable relationship between products, people, and the environment. With the goal to contribute to the healing of the soil and the well-being of people through their products, the bakery only uses grains produced from local biodynamic farms and supports the recultivation of traditional grain varieties such as mountain rye or emmer and einkorn wheat.
For Märkisches Landbrot being an inclusive, fair and socially responsible company is important and demonstrated throughout the value chain and relationship with all stakeholders involved. Over the past forty years, the bakery has established an active, open, and transparent exchange and cooperation with employees, consumers, distributors, and retailers. Paying above-average wages or committing to long-term contracts and fixed rates with farmers to promote their independence and sustainability are only two examples.
With one-third of the net profit that Märkisches Landbrot annually transfers to the non-profit foundation Märkisches Landbrot, the foundation contributes to sustainable regional and global development, for which healthy nutrition is an important prerequisite.
Supporting the common good is in our DNA. With Märkisches Landbrot we aim to contribute to fighting critical social challenges. - Joachim Weckman, former CEO
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