Poppy landscapes 2026

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In Germany, edible poppies are grown on just over 1,000 hectares. The poppy plants grow in the fields and require special attention when sowing and caring for them. The plants unfold their flowers from the end of May. This is a special attraction for humans and flower-visiting insects - especially bumblebees and bees. In late summer, the finely aromatic seeds are harvested and used in baked goods, cakes and snacks or pressed into oil.

With the Poppy Landscapes campaign, farmers are showing off their flowering poppy fields and thus paving the way for diverse agriculture.

We invite you to visit the blooming poppy fields, e.g. in Germerode!

In this way, we would like to make poppy cultivation visible and promote it. Locally grown poppy seeds are a valuable foodstuff.

Image: Organic farm Rottenwallner

The campaign is part of the EiP project "Sighting of site-adapted new edible poppy varieties in Hesse and Thuringia". As part of the project, the University of Kassel and practical farms are jointly researching low-morphine poppy varieties and their agronomic properties. The poppy landscapes are supported by Biohof Marold, a supplier of certified organic poppy seed.

Image: House Holte
Image: Farm Leis
Image: Biohof Franz GbR
Image: Arnold Gropp
Image: Jan Seeber
Image: Operation Überacker
Image: Organic farm Marold
Image: Schmitt GbR
Image: Preising organic farm
Image: Christine and Klaus Stengel
Image: Thomas Schmaus
Image: Feißt GbR
Image: Asam family
Image: Hofgut Weiden
Image: Ralf Kögel
Image: Hyfing farm
Image: Sölls Hof
Image: Walter Kempter
Image: Schnells Kürbiskerne GbR
Image: Andrea Kister
Image: Lars Homburg
Image: Young farm
Image: Company Gerd Meier
Image: Baade family

Responsible for the content of this page and contact: Hanna Blum(hanna.blum[at]uni-kassel[dot]de), University of Kassel, Department of Organic Agriculture and Crop Production