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Self-sufficiency plan for Copenhagen suburb
The following is adapted from an item entitled 'Self-sufficiency plan for Copenhagen suburb' which appeared in the Norwegian Ideas Bank (Stiftelsen Idebanken, PO Box 2126 Grünnerlokka, Norway, tel 00 47 2203 4010; fax 00 47 2236 4060; e-mail: idebanken@online.no; web: www.idebanken.no).
The Environment and Energy Centre (MEC) in Höje Taastrup (population 45,000), to the west of Copenhagen in Denmark, has developed a realistic plan to make the region self-sufficient in food.

By the year 2005, the centre aims to:

Double the percentage of garden owners who grow their own vegetables;

Triple the number of allotments;

Quintuple the number of people owning hens (5 per cent already do);

Increase production of honey and strengthen bonds with nearby farms by getting more people to buy produce directly from them; or for people to buy their own animals and rent pasture from the farmers;

More schools and kindergartens are to get their own vegetable gardens.

There are already quite a lot of fruit trees in Höje Taastrup, but half the fruit is left to rot on the ground, so the plan calls for presses to make juices from the autumn surplus.

More urine-separating toilets are to be installed within Höje Taastrup or on nearby farms, with the urine used for fertiliser (see the next item).
The plan, which has won a prize of 50,000 DKK from the Danish Eco-Village Society, also points out several further justifications for this radical programme: self-sufficiency means using less transport, having more security against shortages, educating consumers about food quality, enhancing biodiversity and developing a stronger sense of community.

'To provide a number of residents with chickens, having first taught them how to look after them'
The centre's first steps towards enacting this plan have been to organise organic food market days; to lay on courses - in composting and beekeeping; and to provide a number of residents with chickens, having first taught them how to look after them.

Knud Anker Iversen, Miljö- og Energi Centret i Höje Taastrup, Höje Taastrup Boulevard 60, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark (tel 00 45 43 99 51 01, fax 00 45 43 52 08 54 ; e-mail: mailhoeje-taastrup@sek.dk; web: www.danbbs.dk/~mecht).

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>Self-sufficiency plan for Copenhagen suburb >The following is adapted from an item entitled >'Self-sufficiency plan for Copenhagen suburb' which >appeared in the Norwegian Ideas Bank (Stiftelsen >Idebanken, PO Box 2126 Grünnerlokka, Norway, tel 00 47 >2203 4010; fax 00 47 2236 4060; e-mail: >idebanken@online.no; web: www.idebanken.no). >The Environment and Energy Centre (MEC) in Höje >Taastrup (population 45,000), to the west of >Copenhagen in Denmark, has developed a realistic plan >to make the region self-sufficient in food. > >By the year 2005, the centre aims to: > > >Double the percentage of garden owners who grow their >own vegetables; > >Triple the number of allotments; > >Quintuple the number of people owning hens (5 per cent >already do); > >Increase production of honey and strengthen bonds with >nearby farms by getting more people to buy produce >directly from them; or for people to buy their own >animals and rent pasture from the farmers; > >More schools and kindergartens are to get their own >vegetable gardens. > >There are already quite a lot of fruit trees in Höje >Taastrup, but half the fruit is left to rot on the >ground, so the plan calls for presses to make juices >from the autumn surplus. > >More urine-separating toilets are to be installed >within Höje Taastrup or on nearby farms, with the >urine used for fertiliser (see the next item). >The plan, which has won a prize of 50,000 DKK from the >Danish Eco-Village Society, also points out several >further justifications for this radical programme: >self-sufficiency means using less transport, having >more security against shortages, educating consumers >about food quality, enhancing biodiversity and >developing a stronger sense of community. > > >'To provide a number of residents with chickens, >having first taught them how to look after them' >The centre's first steps towards enacting this plan >have been to organise organic food market days; to lay >on courses - in composting and beekeeping; and to >provide a number of residents with chickens, having >first taught them how to look after them. > >Knud Anker Iversen, Miljö- og Energi Centret i Höje >Taastrup, Höje Taastrup Boulevard 60, DK-2630 >Taastrup, Denmark (tel 00 45 43 99 51 01, fax 00 45 43 >52 08 54 ; e-mail: mailhoeje-taastrup@sek.dk; web: >www.danbbs.dk/~mecht).
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