Fermín Gorraíz Echamendi and Felipe Etxetxikia Juanbeltz are members of the Basque Country Farmers' Solidarity Union abbreviated in Basque language as “EHNE” (“Euskal Herriko Nekazarien Elkartasuna”). Fermín, aged 54, is a livestock farmer. Felipe, 47 years old, agronomist, is a coordinator at “EHNE”.
This image was taken at the EHNE office in Pamplona, where they discussed with Greenpeace Spain their vision and also their work, which includes resisting the intensive farming model. Fermín and Felipe are deeply proud of their local production and presented to Greenpeace Spain agricultural products from EHNE´s members.
They strongly oppose the Valle de Odieta dairy factory farm and the general model that lies behind it. Felipe questions the industrial model: “It is much better to have 500 farms of 100 cows than one factory farm of 5,000. We do not support this concentration of wealth. We defend a more traditional model, another type of agricultural work.”