Stewardship and Biodiversity over economic growth and short-term profits

To us, stewardship means exactly this: everything we do, we can continue in the distant future, in a sustainable manner. This is a necessity for the future but also brings huge consequences. For example, it means that we do not use finite resources such as fossil fuels or other raw materials that we extract from the subsurface. It means that we do not farm in a way where the soil is increasingly depleted and where, for example, fertilizer is the only way to produce anything. A sustainable economy is not primarily based on short-term profits and growth. That is, because economic growth can only be sustainable if it is based on stewardship. Therefore, circularity is a prerequisite.

Biodiversity is also a separate core value, because it forms the natural basis for our well-being. In addition, it also has an intrinsic value, because we think nature is important. Biodiversity is rapidly declining everywhere, a direct result of being too focused on maximising production and profit, resulting in massproduction. In agriculture, as well as in other sectors. Biodiversity requires diversity in the landscape, with different functions in land use, but also variation within a function. The combination of stewardship and biodiversity therefore not only means that we must be able to continue our activites, but also that we must be able to do so while preserving biodiversity.