Pre-congress tour 24-27 June Guides Frederik Thalbitzer, journalist at LandbrugsMedierne, and chairman of the Danish Association of Agricultural Journalists Stig Oddershede, press officer at DLF, and member of the Danish Association of Agricultural Journalists IFAJ 2022 organising committee The pre-congress tour will be based in the capital city Copenhagen. During the day, we will leave town to visit farms and companies, while we will spend our evenings relaxing together, perhaps over a glass of beer and watching a football match. Early arrivals can go for a city walk together to see The Little Mermaid, the royal castle Amalienborg, and other sights before all participants meet for dinner in the evening in the famous park Tivoli. The world championships in football are played on grass with Danish ori- gins. We will visit one of the largest grass seed companies in the world, DLF, including its fields and laboratories. The company is located close to Stevns Klint a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the best place in the world to witness traces of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago. The asteroid wiped out more than half of all life on the 29 planet, including the dinosaurs. We will go for a short walk there. Bregentved Manor, that we will also visit, has the clear strategy to manage the business in a sustainable way with a special focus on climate. The manor has therefore in recent years developed wind, biomass and solar energy. The overarching goal is to become energy-neutral. The manor farms 3,465 hec - tares with a wide range of crops, and produces pigs and energy. Sustainability is also on the agenda at Nordic Harvest, the first vertical farm in Denmark. They cultivate vegetables and herbs on 14 floors in an indoor, closed environment with LED lights and optimally controlled lighting, mois - ture and fertilisation. Using less water and pesticides and having a closed sys - tem of plant nutrients is a part of a sustainable idea. There will be an opportunity to see mushroom growing with a focus on low energy consumption. Wewill also visit Food Nation, that helps increase knowl - edge of Danish food products and solutions in markets around the world. Finally, we will visit LandbrugsMedierne, an agricultural media house.
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