Objectives

A group of farmers and entrepreneurs, all active in and around the Frisian village of Akkrum, are thinking about future-proof entrepreneurship in the peat meadow area. With the realization of “Veenweidelandgoed It Akkrumer Deel” we are focusing on system innovation from the bottom up, concretely and in practice on the way to that solution. The aim is to arrive at a plan that is supported by the area and financially feasible for the realization of a peat meadow estate near Akkrum.

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Activities

The project concerns an area of ​​300 hectares south of Akkrum, in the middle of the Frisian peat meadow area. The starting point of our project is that we will drastically rewet the peat in order to reduce the processes of subsidence and greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible. Our estimate is that we can prevent approximately 50,000 tons of CO2 emissions within 20 years. Inspired by the Inspiration Team for the Future of Veenweide (ITV), the concept of “peat meadow estate” is being picked up. The estate is a new model for cooperative cooperation at area level, based on the concept of the estate, but with an innovative revenue model based on the stacking of functions.