Stockholm to Hoddle- Australia

After a few days in Stockholm may Nuffield trip is nearly over.

Skansen open air Museum in Stockholm was the worlds first open air museum, the collection contains rural buildings from throughout Sweden, a great way to help understand Swedish ag. history.

From Sweden we returned to the UK for a few days before taking to the sky again (for the 28th time on my Nuffield adventure).

As I travelled through New Zealand for my Nuffield project late last year I will post a few photos from this trip soon.

Swedish Organics

Newly developed organic dairy in Sweden

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Modern housing facility is home to the herd every day of the year with the cows going out to pasture for at least 5 hrs a day for 3 months of the year.

Large feed mixer wagon used mix the herds feed ration.

Montbeliards grazing

I've had a great few days visiting both grazing and indoor Montbeliarde farms. The range of milk price paid to farmers in this area is huge with the farms which sell milk to specialist cheese producers having to meet greater restrictions but also getting paid more.

Monty herd producing organic milk for the production of Gruyere cheese.

The sound of a herd of cows grazing with bells on is something special.

Monty heifer