Around 80 traders and organizations presented their products and projects at the 22nd German-Sorbian Spring Nature Market in Upper Lusatia. In addition to regional specialties and traditional crafts, the biosphere reserve Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft (district of Bautzen) also focused on forward-looking initiatives such as the "Unesco 5" project, as announced by the Saxon Ministry of Agriculture.
The "Unesco 5" project links five important sites in Lusatia - including two biosphere reserves, a geopark, a world heritage site and the intangible cultural heritage of the Sorbs.
Saxony's Minister of Agriculture Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch visited the market and was impressed by the mixture of tradition and innovation: "We see, for example, delicious products from old crops and varieties, a well-positioned and growing regional value creation in the here and now," said the CDU politician. Among other things, the cooperation between producers, traders, associations and the Unesco sites shows "that the Unesco biosphere reserves are models of success for the region".
