Hanne Line Skovgaard

Revsbech

Young dairy farmer at Lykkegaarden

in Ørsted, Denmark

Hanne Line’s farm

Hanne Line Skovgaard Revsbech and her

husband run the dairy farm Lykkegaarden

in Ørsted, Denmark with 350 dairy cows,

400 hectare of farmland, 5 milking robots

and 4 employees.

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Sustainability at the heart of the farm life

Line explains that sustainability is embedded in the

farm organisation as a basic principle because her goal

is to keep the farm in the best possible shape once her

children might take over. Every practice and decision is

made to meet this goal, so she implements sustainability

in practice every day.

”My most important task is to leave the farm and the

land to the next generation in good shape – like it was

for my parents and the ones before them”. Sustainable

practices on the farm include

for example enhancing

biodiversity through f lowers

planted in the f ields and by

heating the house with the

excess heating generated

from the milk production, to

make sure, that the energy

consumption is kept as low

as possible.

A strong engagement in the local community

The farm is situated in Nature Park Randers Fjord which

means that there is public access to the farmland along

the river Gudenåen and continuous collaboration with the

municipalities, politicians, environmental associations,

tourists associations is a prerequisite for a respectful

partnership between the farm and its surroundings. For Line

it is part of the job to be engaged in the local community, like

opening the farm to visitors, participating at local events,

communicating with the neighbours and be pro-active and

dynamic to maintain the life of the rural area. She sees this

engagement as a win-win for the farm and the society.

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