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Keywords
Agriculture
Air pollution
Algae
Cleaning
Factory Farming
Fences
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Meat
Meat and Dairy (campaign title)
One person
Outdoors
Pigs
Roads
Teachers
Victims
Women
Woman Cleaning Algae on Fence near Vandvaerksgaarden Factory Farm, Denmark
Bente Joergensen is a former gymnasium teacher, and here she is washing away algae from the fence around her house, where she has lived for more than 20 years with her husband, chemical engineer Soeren Hansen. Their house is only 100 meters from the industrial pig farm Vandvaerksgaarden.
Bente cleans the fence around her property. It is covered with algae, which grows everywhere. The algae is believed to be nourished from the nitrogen in the ammonia emitted from the farm. Bente says her blue fence will soon be covered in green algae again. Bente feels that her life is ruined because of the heavy and rotten smell from Vandvaerksgaarden.
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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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Unique identifier:
GP0STTCCT
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
13/03/2019
Locations:
Denmark
,
Europe
,
Tingerup
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Wildlight / Selene Magnolia
Size:
5184px × 3888px 18.08 MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)