Franz Steiner

Since 2022 is Dipl. Ing. Franz J. Steiner supporting the Swiss Chinese Herbal Medicine and Functional Food Innovation Center as Senior Consultant Agriculture.

Activity areas

  • Work for SwissHerbs, organizing and presenting workshops on medicinal plants, especially in the mountain region
  • November 2023 lectures at the TCM University Shandong China
  • Swiss – EU Organic certification
  • Tropical and international agriculture
  • International farming, plantation management
  • International QM, controlling and certification EU and Bio Suisse organic
  • Auditing Organic production regular visits to Europe, South America, Africa, Asia
  • Beef fattening on pastures – grass fed beef – milk production
  • Lecturer at the bio-dynamic school Rheinau
  • Developing methods for controlling unwanted plants on pastures without herbicides
  • Sustainable organic palm oil production
  • Sustainable – organic Agriculture in general in temperate and tropical climate
  • Research: Influence of poisonous and medical plants on animals and humans
  • Training of international organic certifier and controller

Membership in advisory bodies / other activities

  • Chinese Herbal Medicine and Functional Food Innovation Center, Senior Advisor since June 2022
  • Board member of the Bio Suisse Bud (Trademark Commission for Import) Developing and adapting the “Bio Suisse Bud organic rules” outside Switzerland. Main focus in 2018: “Organic Palmoil” considering RSPO – Next, and other international standards
  • FiBL Switzerland Freelancer, Senior Consultant
  • Member of Organic Beef Production (BWB)
  • Board member of “Biofair Switzerland”
  • Board member of Bioforum Schweiz

Training / professional career

  • Ongoing – Workshops about Cattle – Beef – Fodder production on pastures, training of junior experts
  • 2023 – Auditing of organic control bodies, farms and processing facilities in Madagascar
  • 2023 – Presenting efficacy and pharmaceutical substances research innovation at development forum at various Shandong TCM Universities
  • 2018 – 2019 presenting three workshops in DPRK of Korea in livestock and crop production
  • 2016 – 2020 work for FiBL in the Department of Extension, Training and Communication
  • 2005 ‐ 2016 Managing director of Pro Beef company, cattle marketing
  • 1999 ‐ 2004 Manager for sustainable beef production, Linus Silvestri AG, development of the organic pasture beef program (Bio Weide‐Beef)
  • 1998 ‐ 2013 Controller and certifier at bio.inspecta (part time)
  • 1992 ‐ 1997 Managing director of Steiner Import Export AG in Einsiedeln
  • 1997 Agricultural Expert for the PPLH Foundation in Seloliman, Java, IndonesiaStarting up a local organic certification organization
  • 1992 Agricultural Expert for the “Bina Sarana Bakti” Foundation in Bogor, Java, Indonesia

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