05:00Green wine! Spanish town uses donkeys and geese as alternative to herbicides in vineyards
A vineyard located in the Andalusian town of Chucena have developed a system to use animals instead of herbicides, as footage filmed on Saturday shows.
In order to so, several donkeys are released on the vineyard to eat the weeds and dry grass, without touching the vines. Afterwards, a flock of geese finish the job by eating whatever bits of vegetables the donkeys have left behind.
The initiative, developed by ‘El Burrito Feliz (The Happy Donkey)’ association and the women's environmental group ‘Mujeres por Doñana (Women fo Donana)’, is totally respectful of the environment and seeks to eliminate glyphosate as a herbicide.
“We are here doing this project in which what we do not want is to use poisons on the ground. We don't want to use glyphosate. We have started with a pilot experience, in a five-hectare vineyard and a four-hectare olive grove," said Cristina Mariño, coordinator of the program.
05:00A vineyard located in the Andalusian town of Chucena have developed a system to use animals instead of herbicides, as footage filmed on Saturday shows.
In order to so, several donkeys are released on the vineyard to eat the weeds and dry grass, without touching the vines. Afterwards, a flock of geese finish the job by eating whatever bits of vegetables the donkeys have left behind.
The initiative, developed by ‘El Burrito Feliz (The Happy Donkey)’ association and the women's environmental group ‘Mujeres por Doñana (Women fo Donana)’, is totally respectful of the environment and seeks to eliminate glyphosate as a herbicide.
“We are here doing this project in which what we do not want is to use poisons on the ground. We don't want to use glyphosate. We have started with a pilot experience, in a five-hectare vineyard and a four-hectare olive grove," said Cristina Mariño, coordinator of the program.