Benedikt Bösel

Founder and Managing Director, Gut und Bösel and Finck Foundation

Germany

Benedikt Bösel is the founder and managing director at Gut und Bösel, an innovative agricultural project dedicated to regenerative and multifunctional land use. After a career in finance, in 2016 he took over responsibility for his family farm, which is located in one of the driest areas of Germany. He has since transformed the 3,000-hectare farm into one of Europe’s most well-known living labs for regenerative agriculture and built the Finck Foundation for research and education. Benedikt is dedicated to transforming perceptions of agriculture and forestry and showing their potential as solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, and rural development. He starred in the Disney+ series “Farm Rebellion” and wrote a bestselling book of the same name to inspire hope for the future. Benedikt is deeply passionate about systems-change work, particularly regarding climate change and agriculture.