Today we were fortunate to have another sunny day for our visit to a dairy farm. The farm is in pristine condition and is owned by a family committed to animal welfare and educating visitor on the workings of their farm and agriculture in general. The farm consisted of 400 cows. The dairy operations are fully automated so the farm is able to operate with only 5 total employees. Danish farmers are prohibited from administering antibiotics to the cow prophylactically and use of hormones is also prohibited. There are standard dairy production farms and ecological ones. The ecological farms are required to grass feed the cows and may not use antibiotics even in cases of illness. We enjoyed coffee and tea with the farmer and his wife and heard from a retired veterinarian on the subject of animal welfare.
We left the farm and headed to a local college for a wonderful lunch followed by a tour of a local bank. Interestingly, we were not at the bank to learn about financial matters, but rather the view the bank's substantial art collection. Danish industry recognized that art in the workplace is conducive to a productive work environment. After viewing the fantastic artwork at the bank we drove a few miles across the border to Germany to visit the Emil Nolde museum. The museum contained three floors or extraordinary artwork. Following out tour of the museum we returned to Denmark for a culinary experience of a lifetime dining at the famous Stig's restaurant. We are very fortunate to have experienced what we did today and look forward to another eventful day tomorrow when each of us will participate in our first vocational day of the trip.
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