Time for a team event? On the field, you can expect exercise in the fresh air, a small work assignment with visible success and informative insights into the design of biodiversity-promoting agriculture. While working in the field, you can grow together and literally reap the rewards of your work. If you are interested, please send your request to: Stella.Buenger@spam protectuni-wh.de

We rarely know exactly where the vegetables we eat come from. If you take part in the field time, you can watch the vegetables grow. Employees and students are invited to join in on Thursdays from 12:15 - 13:15.

After getting to know and cultivating the herbs and medicinal plants last season, this year we are heading to the vegetable field. By helping with soil preparation and planting in the spring, tending in the summer and harvesting in the fall, we will experience what bio-regenerative agriculture means and how it works.

Bio-regenerative agriculture prioritizes soil health. Soil health is inextricably linked to the overall health of our food system. Soil health affects everything from plant and animal health to human well-being and the future of our planet. It's about creating farming systems that work in harmony with nature to improve the quality of life for all creatures involved, not just protect it.

From growing tips for your own vegetable garden to complex interactions between different ecosystems, it's all there. Learning by experiencing and having fun while doing are our motto for the field time.

Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather and sun protection if necessary.

All dates:

The field time takes place on nine dates from April to July, always on Thursdays from 12:15 - 13:15.

24.04.
08.05.
15.05.
22:05.
05.06.
12.06.
26.06.
03.07.
10.07.

Registration:

Please register so that we can plan the work assignments properly.
Registration by e-mail to: Stella.Buenger@uni-wh.de
Spontaneous volunteers are also welcome at any time without registration.

Venue:

Gardens for the community above the university campus. At the end of Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße, follow the pedestrian path towards Christopherus Haus, where the field is located on the left-hand side.

Every Wednesday, the cafeteria serves a dish with regional ingredients. In the summer season, the vegetables come directly from the field next door and are processed by the Hochschulwerk kitchen team into a delicious, regional and seasonal dish, making the cafeteria's offering even more sustainable. The vegetables are grown on the neighboring field and the areas on Annener Berg by our cooperation partner WirGemüse. Thanks to the close proximity, everyone has the opportunity to visit the place where the vegetables grow during the break.

11:00 - 14:00
Foyer campus building

At the Market of Opportunities, students can find out the latest news about the field trial project, how they can get involved and which field Stufu courses will be offered in SoSe 2025. More information about the Stufu courses and the new ErnährungsLab can be found in the tab “Kick-off event ErnährungsLab” on 17.04.2025.

09:30 a.m.
Room: will be announced internally to the participants of the three Stufu courses.

ErnährungsLab: joint start of three Stufu courses

Nutrition is a complex topic: individual health effects, socially influenced cooking culture and diets, questions of global distribution and justice, agricultural cultivation methods and the associated ecosystem consequences all overlap here. Too much content for one Stufu course!

That's why we have combined three separate Stufu courses into one ErnährungsLab. The three courses come together for a joint session at the start and end of the semester. This creates an exchange and diversity of perspectives on this complex topic.

The following Stufu courses are part of the ErnährungsLab in SoSe2025:

Ten biotopes for a living diversity of the cultural landscape

The greatest botanical diversity in Central Europe can be found in ten biotopes - and these are not forest or wilderness biotopes, but biotopes of the cultural landscape. This means that they are dependent on humans and their sustainable management. This calls into question the widespread narrative that humans are generally the greatest destroyers of nature. In the future, it will be important to shape the economy and landscape planning in such a way that food production and biodiversity go hand in hand. This can be experienced here in the Pferdebachtal. A course that can be described as “Gardening Plus”, as the biotopes need to be actively maintained and require work here and there.

Interdisciplinary nutrition: historical, aesthetic and ethical perspectives

There is no life without food. What sounds so basic has turned into a complex cultural phenomenon in the course of human history that shapes our thinking, our societies and our world far beyond mere survival. In this course, we will look at the cultural side of food from a historical, aesthetic and ethical perspective.

Circular economy using the example of vegetable growing

Course description to follow.

12:15 - 13:15
Meeting point: on the field
At the end of Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße, follow the pedestrian path towards Christopherus Haus

After getting to know and caring for the herbs and medicinal plants last season, this year we are heading to the vegetable field. By helping with soil preparation and planting in the spring, tending in the summer and harvesting in the fall, we will experience what bio-regenerative agriculture means and how it works.
From cultivation tips for your own vegetable garden to complex interactions between different ecosystems, everything is included. Learning by experiencing and having fun while doing are our motto for the field season.

It takes place on nine dates from April to July on Thursdays from 12:15 - 13:15. For all dates, see Current offers.
Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather and sun protection if necessary.

We look forward to receiving your registration in advance so that we can plan the work assignments. Registration by e-mail to: Stella.Buenger@spam protectuni-wh.de
Spontaneous participants are also welcome without registration!

11:00 - approx. 13:15
Meeting point: Parking lot at Christopherus Hof, Im Wullen 75, 58454 Witten

Cost: €25 or €12.50 reduced for recipients of social assistance according to SGB XII
Registration: as of now, at least one week before the start of the course at www.eeb-en.de/anmeldung

The tour focuses on the healing power of natural herbs. Under the guidance of perennial gardener Elfi Paasch, participants will be introduced to various plants that grow directly along paths and in meadows and are valued for their healing properties for various ailments.
They will discover the many uses of comfrey, nettle, daisies and many other herbs. Participants will also gain an entertaining insight into the historical use of these medicinal plants.

12:15 - 13:15
Meeting point: on the field
At the end of Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße, follow the pedestrian path towards Christopherus Haus

After getting to know and caring for the herbs and medicinal plants last season, this year we are heading to the vegetable field. By helping with soil preparation and planting in the spring, tending in the summer and harvesting in the fall, we will experience what bio-regenerative agriculture means and how it works.
From cultivation tips for your own vegetable garden to complex interactions between different ecosystems, everything is included. Learning by experiencing and having fun while doing are our motto for the field time.

The field time takes place on nine dates from April to July on Thursdays from 12:15 - 13:15. For all dates, see Current offers.
Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather and sun protection if necessary.

We look forward to receiving your registration in advance so that we can plan the work assignments. Registration by e-mail to: Stella.Buenger@spam protectuni-wh.de
Spontaneous participants are also welcome without registration!

12:00 - 13:15
Meeting point: UW/H garden behind the cafeteria

We eat every day. For some it is a simple necessity, for others a moment of pleasure - for most it is simply routine. But what we eat and especially how we eat has a direct impact on our well-being and our health. Conscious, mindful eating proves to be beneficial. But how does that work? We invite you to join us for lunch, accompanied by a mindful eating exercise. Jil Herker is a psychologist and employee at the Institute for Integrative Healthcare and Health Promotion (IGVF) and will introduce participants to eating with all their senses. In contrast to the often unconscious intake of food in everyday life, we will consciously perceive food, see it, smell it, hear it - and of course taste it! Look forward to a very special experience: the summer field kitchen will set up its tents on the university campus on this day and spoil you with colorful, freshly harvested vegetables straight from the field. A wonderful opportunity to break out of your routine and take a closer look at the health-promoting aspects of food.