Woman Living near Bolettesminde Factory Farm, Denmark

Inge Praestegaard, aged 61, and her husband Lars Henriksen, aged 63, live on their own small ecological farm neighbouring the Bolettesminde pig factory farm near the village of Bukkerup, around 60 kilometers west of Copenhagen. The couple has been living in their home for 24 years.
Before opening the windows and airing the house in the morning, Inge always checks the windmills she sees outside her kitchen window. If the wind blows from the factory farm, windows must stay closed, she explained during interviews with Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark. Inge said: “When the wind blows from the South, the smell is awful. It is not just the manure smell - it is a rotten smell coming from ventilating the pens.”

Unique identifier: GP0STTCDE

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/03/2019

Locations: Bukkerup, Denmark, Europe

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Wildlight / Selene Magnolia

Ranking: ★★★★★ (C)

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Pig Factory Farms in Denmark

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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