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Sötåsen

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Sötåsen


 

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Farm description

Sötåsen is an agricultural college with an educational farm that is managed completely organically since 1998. The farm is located outside Töreboda in the south west of Sweden, and has 202 ha arable land, 105 ha forest, dairy cows, approximately 35 sows with piglets, sheep and a number of small animals.

The farm has a large share self-produced feed. It also features experimental cultivation of protein crops such as lupine and field bean.

Sötåsen has previously been working with training in economical driving, installation of solar panels and other energy-saving technology.

Statement of the farmer

Sotasen farmer

Anders Assarsson, Sötåsen

It is fully in line with our long-term environmental work here at Sötåsen. Now we get the chance to take a step further and disseminate knowledge to our students. The exchange with other farms in Sweden, Germany and Italy feels great.


Climate friendly practices applied

  1. Improved on-farm nutrient management

Anaerobic treatment (biogas) of liquid and solid manure

Manure is subjected to anaerobic fermentation to generate and capture CH4. This is burned in an engine to generate electricity and heat energy so that the use of fossil fuels is replaced. Liquid and solid residues are brought back to agricultural land and because of a higher percentage of mineral nitrogen, yield increase is likely.

 

  1. Optimised crop rotations with legumes

Maintenance of existing grain and forage legumes

Cropping of forage legumes and grain legumes is maintained, both contributing to nitrogen fixation (reduction of N2O emission) and carbon sequestration.

 

  1. Optimised tillage systems

Reduced tillage and undersown crops

Farm avoids ploughing after grain legumes. Furthermore, basic tillage operations are avoided for grass-clover due to undersown clover in oats. By employing these practices diesel consumption will be reduced along with humus accumulation in soil (carbon sequestration).

 

  1. Agroforestry

Hedgerows and tree strips along agricultural fields

The farm is making a new installation of one or two windbreaks hedges. Species selection will be based on the somewhat challenging establishing situation with heavy rodent population. To minimize costs bulk plants produced from seed or cuttings will be used primarily. Hedgerows and tree strips lead to carbon sequestration in above- and belowground biomass and in soil. Part of the woody biomass is used for heating and thus replaces fossil fuel (CO2 mitigation). New tree strips on grassland/arable land are in planning.

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SOLMACC is supported by the LIFE programme (agreement number: LIFE12 ENV/SE/000800).

SOLMACC is supported by the Mercator Foundation Switzerland.

Project coordination

IFOAM Organics Europe
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (EU)
124, rue du Commerce
1000 Brussels (Belgium)

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SOLMACC is about demonstrating that farming can be climate-friendly by applying a combination of optimised organic farming practices to respond to climate change.

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IFOAM Organics Europe Project Team
projects@organicseurope.bio
+32 2 416 27 67

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