* Living soil—the soil must be alive! We want to add seaweed and kelp to help it start.
We want to revive the soil where it is depleted/barren by fertilizing it with the freshest possible seaweed.
Historically, it was seaweed and kelp that were used both as fertilizer and as additional fodder in iodine farming along the coast of Norway. Our forefathers and mothers used whatever resources they had access to.
* Living lab- collaboration across disciplines where everyone has a common overall goal. A project that is open to anyone who wants to contribute/learn; - sustainability, biodiversity, drainage, history, cultural heritage, life below and above the ground, from bouncy tails to seed collection. Preparedness deals with, among other things transfer values where learning techniques & methods give knowledge. How to restore unused areas using local conditions and resources? Methods to combat silver pile and cricket (kelp, burning), preparedness*. Hashing as a preservation method, dry hay as a stock product, how and what is required? We want to create biodiversity by reclaiming old hayfields. Create meadow varieties for Varanger and Finnmark, to prepare.
* Living Community occurs when people interact, trust, and respect each other. Where people help each other, are grateful for what nature provides, and appreciate it and those around them. Skallelv was built up as a small village where this was central. Skallelv was a lively village where fishing and agriculture were the lifeblood of society, over 300 people once lived here. Skallelv had a school, shops, fish reception, communal baking oven, communal sauna, communal fence-fishing in the river, boats, cows in every house, horses, outfield and inland mowing, and much more.
So what do you do with all this feed when you don't have animals? We want to collaborate with the reindeer husbandry industry and offer organic dry hay in times of crisis, but also as an alternative to other feed. The argument is that the seed varieties that are spread in nature belong naturally to the area. Dry hay is easy to transport, it does not freeze and is not wrapped in plastic. Sustainable as it is relatively locally grown.
