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boutique bed and breakfast

Erasmus & Toast3

Verdmont Acqui Terme

The second day was the farm day we visited a dairy farm, and camp, a vegetable farm also training vulnerable and special needs people, and a farm camping and restaurant which seems to focus on Amsterdam hipsters as a client base.

All were very interesting compelling and unique. Alot involved food delivery and I was most impressed by the wide variety of foods on offer. Purple potatoes all manner of greens and salads, five types of apples. Variety in diet is important for general healthy biome so this can only be good. Puzzling why both wanted to add animals to the mix, where the dairy farmer who had animals seems to be under more regulation than ever due to issues with toxic excess nitrogen from waste entering the water cycle. Seems to me better to avoid the animal farming not increase it!

Wild innovation was the ultralight electric tractor shown in the gallery which helped with automation on the farm without fossil fuels and it cost €3000 to make which is cheaper than any tractor. Super impressive.

After much cycling we found the jellyfish where purified water is pumped into the du es for filtration that ultimately end in the taps. The water tasted perfect to me though why alot of restaurants served bottled water I shall never know., I suspect pursuit of profit.

The end of the day was a lovely cozy beach bar for dinner and a talk on green certification.

boutique bed and breakfast

Erasmus and TOAST 1

Verdmont Acqui Terme

So the study trip finally happened and it was fun as well as informative.

After an epic rail journey through Europe without too many problems I am happy to report, next morning was a full day first a walk to get ebikes then a beautiful cycle ride through the dunes to the ZeeHuis, part of Nivon a social hospitality run by volunteers. The location was beautiful on the see with sweeping dunes all around. We were met by the local cows Scottish Highland variety which are there to control the grasses (there were kept under control by rabbits but there was a disease that wiped the rabbits out so now cows do the job)

While there we looked around the facilities and learned a little about how the organization works. I found it fascinating that only volunteers keep it going. Later one of the members gave a good over view of the green key certification. The pros and cons which I have considered, but remain unconvinced it would be useful for us at the moment.