Unterschrift walter darre biography

In 1933, the “blood and soil” ideologist Richard Walther Darré took control of Nazi agricultural policy.

As Reich Farm Leader and Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture, Darré coordinated and directed all of German agriculture through the so-called Reich Nutrition Estate, which regulated the production, wholesale and retail trade, and consumption of agricultural products.

Central protection and promotional measures such as production norms, fixed prices, import duties, and support purchases were supposed to insulate German agriculture from the world market and make it as productive as possible.

In fact, by 1939 Germany had achieved the goal of self-sufficiency in the production of bread, potatoes, sugar, meat, and other foodstuffs, but only through strict rationing. At least 15 percent of the food supply was still being imported.

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