Bio

Gerald A. Herrmann, an agricultural engineer, has pioneered the organic sector since the 1980ies. He is a worldwide renowned specialist and organic industry expert, and speaker. Gerald spent about two decades shaping Naturland e.V., an international farmers’ association and private organic certifier, as farm consultant, its President and Executive Director. He served voluntarily in different capacities at IFOAM – Organics International, including as its President. Today he is a partner and director of Organic Services GmbH, an international strategy- and management consultancy, specializing in the organic (food) sector, sustainability and development matters. Organic Services is an internationally renowned expert for software-based audit and traceability management systems, including solutions »Check Integrity/ Check Organic«, a platform to combat fraud in commodity supply chains, »Group Integrity«, for the administration of (internal) control systems for smallholder groups and companies with contract production, and »Ecert Basic« for the management of certification processes of local certifiers.