Organic Garden

Friday we visited two different types of organic gardens. The first was essentially a collective of international, young professionals who owned a small plot of land and grew vegetables. The two women who showed us around were wonderfully intelligent and passionate about organic gardening. They explained how the differences in the group members contributed to a diverse set of gardening habits, cooking skills, and work ethics. Most people joined this collective because they wanted to meet other young adults with similar interests and also some just love gardening! The garden was small but full of fruits and vegetables basking in the sun. We helped out in their garden by weeding, spreading straw, and I even got to plant a few strawberry plants. For a snack, the two women had prepared a variety of different dips for us to go with homemade bread: hummus with cilantro, a pesto-like spread, rhubarb compote, and lemon balm tea. Delicious!!!  Overall,

I learned that differences in ethnicities can contribute to different garden techniques. Also, they say "coriander" when they are talking about cilantro. Odd! 

Next, we went about an hour north of the city to explore a large scale organic farm business. This site was more of a learning facility with a grocery store and restaurant, the food is mainly grown on the Jutland peninsula and then transported inland. The company runs a very successful organic food delivery or pick up system. Most of the vegetables are grown on their farm or imported from around Europe. The company also has an interesting program where they teach local 3-5th graders the value of organic gardening by giving them their own mini plot of land and helping them sow seeds. This educational aspect of the company's outreach was most interesting to me. After having a tour of the small children's plots, we had a wonderful lunch prepared using all organic ingredients. Yum! I got pretty sunburned but it was a wonderful day to be outside and learning about organic Denmark.