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03.11.2015

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Many farmers are prepared to go the extra mile in order to help save the Baltic Sea. The winners of the WWF Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year Award 2015 have all taken measures on their own initiative to reduce nutrient runoff to the Baltic Sea. With this award, WWF aims to highlight how important their work is and showcase their good examples across the region.

By implementing precise and innovative techniques, regional winners Markus Eerola and Minna Sakki-Eerola have created optimal soil structure and successful retention of nutrients at their organic crop farm Knehtilä.

The WWF Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year Award competition was launched in2009 by WWF in cooperation with farmers? organisations from around theBaltic Sea. It?s intended to highlight best practices in?Baltic-friendly? farming and to recognise and promote farmers who aretaking innovative measures to reduce nutrient runoff from their farms.

For more information visit wwf.panda.org.

 

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Project Industrial animal farms in the Baltic Sea Region - sustainable practices to reduce nutrient loads is a part of a long-term campaign of the Coalition Clean Baltic and Green Federation "GAJA", aiming to reduce the negative impact of large-scale animal production on the environment and local communities in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly by reducing nutrient run-off into the sea. The project is part-financed by the European Union. This website reflects only the view of the Coalition Clean Baltic. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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