Ulrike Höfken
Studied agriculture, economics and Romance languages and literature in Bonn; graduate agricultural engineer.
1981 to October 1994 Practical farmer and scientific assistant/agricultural engineer at the Rhineland Chamber of Agriculture, the University of Bonn, in research institutes, in the Bundestag and the European Parliament.
Member of the Verbraucher-Initiative, the Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bäuerliche Landwirtschaft, the Pestizid-Aktions-Netzwerk e. V., the GenEthischen Netzwerk, the Verein EifelEnergie e. V., and the Frauengemeinschaft Ingendorf; 2nd chairwoman of the Förderverein für ökologischen und Steillagenweinbau Bernkastel-Kues e. V. and chairwoman of the Bundesverband Deutscher Ziegenzüchter e. V.
1984 co-founder of the Pesticide Action Network e. V., 1985 co-founder of the Consumer Initiative. Through the environmental and Third World movements, joined the Green Party in 1989. 1991 to 1994 chairwoman of the state association BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Rhineland-Palatinate, since 2004 chairwoman of the district association Bitburg-Prüm. 1989 to 2000 Chairwoman of the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN in the district council Bitburg-Prüm.
Member of the Bundestag since 1994; 1998 to 2005 Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, since 1998 Consumer and Agricultural Policy Spokeswoman of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, since May 2006 Chairwoman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumers.
1981 to October 1994 Practical farmer and scientific assistant/agricultural engineer at the Rhineland Chamber of Agriculture, the University of Bonn, in research institutes, in the Bundestag and the European Parliament.
Member of the Verbraucher-Initiative, the Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bäuerliche Landwirtschaft, the Pestizid-Aktions-Netzwerk e. V., the GenEthischen Netzwerk, the Verein EifelEnergie e. V., and the Frauengemeinschaft Ingendorf; 2nd chairwoman of the Förderverein für ökologischen und Steillagenweinbau Bernkastel-Kues e. V. and chairwoman of the Bundesverband Deutscher Ziegenzüchter e. V.
1984 co-founder of the Pesticide Action Network e. V., 1985 co-founder of the Consumer Initiative. Through the environmental and Third World movements, joined the Green Party in 1989. 1991 to 1994 chairwoman of the state association BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Rhineland-Palatinate, since 2004 chairwoman of the district association Bitburg-Prüm. 1989 to 2000 Chairwoman of the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN in the district council Bitburg-Prüm.
Member of the Bundestag since 1994; 1998 to 2005 Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, since 1998 Consumer and Agricultural Policy Spokeswoman of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, since May 2006 Chairwoman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumers.