Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm in Tingerup, Denmark

The pig farm Vandværksgaarden in the small village of Tingerup, approximately 60 km west of Copenhagen. The elderly couple Bente Jørgensen and Søren Hansen live in the small house to the left of the farm. Asked by Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark how life is like next to a factory farm, Bente said: “The smell is so awful, that it makes me feel sick, my head aches and my eyes are red and swollen. I feel that our lives are destroyed because of the smell, noise and dust from the farm.”

Unique identifier: GP0STTD8E

Type: Image

Shoot date: 10/03/2019

Locations: Denmark, Tingerup

Credit line: © Sune Scheller / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Denmark produces more than 31 million pigs annually, which, together with the annual production of 1.5 million cattles, makes up 19 percent of Denmark’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Inside the walls of industrial farms, animals’ existence are reduced to short lives inside small booths or cages. Besides its effect on the climate, meat production in Denmark further has a negative impact on the local environment, landscape, biodiversity and public health.
Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark demands a reduction in the number of pigs and cattles produced by the meat industry in Denmark. The decrease in amount of agricultural land used for production of animal feed should simultaneously give space to more nature, forest and production of organic, plant-based crops. Furthermore, the public system has to contribute to a transition of the consumption of less meat and more green foods.

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