Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are in Bonn, but it has a second seat in Berlin. The Ministry was formed on 22 November 2005. Organisation The ministry has two "parliamentary permanent secretaries", Gerd Müller, CSU and Ursula Heinen, CDU, and the top civil servant is Gert Lindemann. He is the "established permanent secretary". The ministry’s work is done in six departments Department 1: Central division Department 2: Consumer protection, diet, and biological and genetic engineering Department 3: Food safety, the veterinary surgeon Department 4: Agricultural markets, planning bases Department 5: Rural room, social system, vegetable production, forest and timber industry Department 6: EU matters, international matters, fishing The Federal Ministers Competition The ministry organizes the nationwide competition "Our Village has a Future".