Heidemarie Alberta Pirker
Biography
2004: Diploma in Ecology, University of Vienna
2015: Doctorate in Organic Agriculture & Nature Conservation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
2007-2018: Scientific Project Assistant at the Institute for Organic Agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, focus on ethnobotany (medicinal and useful plants) and biodiversity
2019-2020: Project Manager for OeAD, Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Since 2020: Speaker and Consultant for natural home gardens and ecological green spaces for private individuals, communities, and educational institutions as part of Nature in Gardens Carinthia for the Carinthian Educational Institution; Certified Shiatsu practitioner
Since 2023: Content Author for the Foundation of Diet and Health Switzerland.
Motivation
The topics of nature, health, and nutrition have fascinated me since childhood. For me, an organic, plant-based, and balanced diet is the basis for a healthy life, well-being, and a valuable contribution to achieving global climate goals. Plants and their culinary and medicinal use particularly fascinate me. With my articles, I would like to present science-based information on plant-based nutrition in an easy-to-understand manner and create incentives to integrate healthy and tasty foods into the daily meal plan.
I grow various vegetables, herbs, and fruits in my home garden, prepare them into delicious dishes or simply enjoy their aroma raw. Particularly, I like artichokes, apples, mountain basil, pears, beans, savory, blackberries, edamame, peas, lady’s mantle, rose hips, raspberries, chamomile, carrots, cabbage, leek, lavender, mallow, aubergine/eggplant, parsley, radicchio, marigold, arugula, saffron, yarrow, sage, thyme, tomatoes, rosemary, sweet potatoes, quince, walnuts, sour cherries, and savoy cabbage.
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