Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Couple-Living-near-Vandvaerksgaarden-Factory-Farm--Denmark-27MZIFJWKEXAO.htmlConceptually similarWoman Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCRCompleted★★★★Woman Cleaning Algae on Fence near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCTCompleted★★★★★★Woman Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCWCompleted★★★★Woman Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCVCompleted★★★★Woman Cleaning Algae on Fence near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCSCompleted★★★★★Woman Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCNCompleted★★★★Woman Cleaning Algae on Fence near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCUCompleted★★★★Woman Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCPCompleted★★★★★★Couple Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkGP0STTCCXCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STTCCYCouple Living near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, DenmarkBente and Soeren sit by the window in their house - looking at the pig factory farm Vandvaerksgaarden only 100 meters away.For more than 20 years former high school teacher Bente Joergensen and her husband, chemical engineer Soeren Hansen have lived in this old rural house so close to the factory farm in the small village of Tingerup, around 60 kilometer west of Copenhagen. Bente spends a lot of time sitting in her chair and staring out of the window, and it makes her sad. Her head aches regularly, and her eyes get red and swollen. Bente says that almost everybody living so close to the farms has trouble breathing, or gets headaches or diarrhoea. While Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark was interviewing Bente, she could not help but to burst into tears. Bente said: “The factory farms surrounding our town have ruined my life.”Locations:Denmark-Europe-TingerupDate:13 Mar, 2019Credit:© Greenpeace / Wildlight / Selene MagnoliaMaximum size:5184px X 3888pxKeywords:Agriculture-Air pollution-Factory Farming-Houses-Husbands-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Meat-Meat and Dairy (campaign title)-Outdoors-Pigs-Teachers-Two people-Victims-Wives-WomenShoot:Pig Factory Farms in DenmarkDenmark 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.Related Collections:Factory Farms in Europe - Full SelectionFactory Farms in Europe - Tight Edit