die nordstory - When food is worth something again - Agriculture on side paths
The north story is on agricultural side paths to guest with three farmers.
His fruit wines have earned Florian Profitlich several gold medals, even in the renowned Ebbelwoi Mecca Frankfurt! His persistent work has been rewarded. The apple harvest in the old orchard meadows of Fahrenholz in the Nordwestuckermark is particularly good this year.
Gardener Olaf Schnelle knows that hard work and clever craftsmanship are paying off again. Ingeniously, he gets the most lush yields out of the minimum area. So much so that he ferments the surplus, an old craft that is just being rediscovered. And the soil is by no means exhausted after the harvest. When Olaf Schnelle digs into it with his hands, he raves about the earthworms. The humus layer in his beds grows from year to year thanks to the earthworms.
Farmer David Peacock is also thinking about the future. What he does is sustainable and logical, he says. He lets his cows, all of which still have names and horns, eat fresh grass in the pasture instead of silage in the barn. The calves suckle with the cows, and there's still enough milk left over for business. Peacock's cream has a fat content of up to 70 percent and is particularly sought after in Berlin. There, it earns him more than just a few cents. In top restaurants, the radical regional trend is making food worth something again.
Broadcasting on 22th of September 2021 at 03.00pm on NDR/ARD
Music: POPVIRUS Library