Sustainable land use as a basis for a healthy nutrition and a corner stone for regional development

Nutrition is the most intensive land use and influences human health directly. Traditional food processing, which has been done in regional units or on farms, increase the added value in the region and develop a regional culture for special food products and recepies. This regional culture is a treasure which makes people to be proud of their culture and landscape. By changing food habits towards more convenience products, the globalisation in food processing and trade influences todays knowledge about food. Young people might have to learn again more about food production and the link to regional land use and landscape. The paper presents some examples for Germany.