For cows, ground Christmas trees


 Many folks wonder where the Christmas tree goes every year. Several towns are taking action to stop them from being disposed of in large quantities in the environment. For instance, yesterday, kids in Olst-Wijhe, the Netherlands, gathered Christmas trees for fifty cents each. This also occurred in Dalfsen, Netherlands, earlier. The Christmas trees are also assigned a final location there. Among other locations, that last destination can be found on Jan Weijdeman and his partner Jasper Schutte's organic dairy farm. Up until the weekend, hundreds of Christmas trees wind up on a big pile there. After that, you'll have to wait until Tuesday. The Christmas trees will then be torn up in a few hours. Then, in our cow garden, the material will be used as a bed," says Jan Weijdeman.

The cow garden is a plot of ground adjacent to the pasture where the cows can spend the dry winter months. After the holidays, the cows receive a little extra: a ground Christmas tree. Normally, it has wood scraps from a neighbor. To lie on, not to eat. Soon, cows in Dalfsen will be able to rest on a bed of Christmas tree shreds.

The Christmas trees are given a second life, albeit a shredded one, according to partner Jasper Schutte. "Afterwards, we use the chips again as dry fertiliser for the land" , he says. He said their bed of Christmas trees also provides additional benefits to the cows. "Being green stuff, it still contains some moisture, which causes it to ferment a little. Because it offers some warmth, the cows enjoy lying on it. The farm does not only get trees from the municipality of Dalfsen. Private persons can also return their Christmas trees till Saturday. In exchange, they receive a discount on some meat goods from the farm shop. A woman who drove up to drop off her Christmas tree praised the initiative. "Otherwise, it would wind up as bulky waste. This is a better cause."



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