Name of Social Farm:
Meves-Hof (Meves’ farm)
Address:
Diekshörn 7, 25715 Eddelak (Germany)
Website:
www.meves-hof.de
PROFILE OF FARMERName of Farmer: Urte Meves
Age: 31-40
Gender: Female
Farm Profile:
The Meves’ farm is a farm for children, parents and grandparents, people with dementia or recovering from mental ill-health.
The farm is located in northern Germany, 80km distance from Hamburg, close to the North Sea. The region is strongly agricultural. The Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic Seaisclose.
The agricultural work is strongly influenced by the fact that the farm is situated in marshland. The Meves family manage their acres and operate suckler cow farming with offspring and bull fattening. In winter the animals stand on straw in the shed and in summer on the pasture.