What do we do if no one can help us and there is no food in the store? Anders Björk and Arne Linding asked themselves that question at the beginning of the corona pandemic and started a small-scale potato farm.
Ten tons of potatoes
In the first year, they were able to harvest around ten tons of tubers – more than they had expected. They then solved the storage problem by burying two containers underground.
– It can be 25 degrees cold outside and yet we have four plus in here. Like a regular earthen cellar you’ve had for years, but now it’s more rational, we can handle it with wheel loaders, says hobby grower Arne Linding.
Preserve knowledge
But the project is not only about being prepared:
– It is also about preserving knowledge so that it is not lost, so that the method can be carried out on a smaller scale and not as large as in industrial agriculture, says Linding’s project partner and hobby grower Anders Björk.
Is it possible for a small farmer to build this type of storage?
– It is still an affordable cost compared to standing and casting and building a real warehouse, answers Anders Björk.
In the clip: Come along underground and see what the potato layer looks like.
