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With its three employees, Franckgut Musterhof GmbH in Rüstorf is one of the small companies that apply for the Feronia sustainability award. Since 2014, intensive work has been going on here under the direction of the trained farmer and cook Philipp Hütthaler. Animals include Duroc pigs, Highland and Angus cattle, heifers, sheep, goats, quail, rabbits and chickens.
“Twice as much space, the animals being able to run out, the straw that is thrown in and the contact between the farmer and the animals represent a significant improvement in meat quality,” says Hütthaler when asked whether the effects can already be measured. And: “We are in the process of researching new types of animal husbandry without requiring more agricultural land.” Animal welfare and largely self-produced feed are among the most important criteria at the model farm.
Info: www.musterhof.at
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The “Feronia” sustainability prize will be awarded for the first time this year. Together with the state of Upper Austria, OÖNachrichten and Oberbank are looking for the best concepts, products, services and initiatives on the subject in the areas of business, culture and social affairs.
Companies, cultural institutions and initiatives as well as clubs and other social institutions can apply for the Feronia Prize at nachrichten.at/feronia. The deadline is February 11th.
Source: Nachrichten
