Annette Palshoej, aged 75, is looking out of her window towards one of the three factory farms nearby. For 30 years she has been living right in the middle between the three pig farms Edelgundegaard, Vandvaerksgaarden and Bolettesminde, in the small town Tingerup 60 kilometer west of Copenhagen.
Her life is severely affected by the awful smell from the farms, Annette reported to Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark. She cannot have guests outside, and drying laundry outside is out of the question, because it would stink of manure.
Annette said: “It is the worst when the manure is spread or when the pens are being ventilated. Our windows need to stay closed most of the time, as we don’t know when the wind will blow, towards us and carry the bad smell with it. I get a heavy headache, when they spread manure. I cannot open our bedroom window, because it is right opposite the pens. Everything stinks and is green from algae. We cannot even sell the house.”