Greenland becomes ‘Green Land’

1-channel video
10:02 min

3 screens with interviews with:
Ellen K. Frederiksen, teacher, B&B proprietor and sheep farmer;
Kim Neider, agronomist and director of the Experimental in Upernaviarsuk;
Tupaarnaq Kreutzmann Kleist, sheep farmer, hunter and ex-ski racer.
4-5 min each

Courtesy ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern

On the approach to Narsarsuaq, the lush green meadows of Qassiarsuk stand out of the fjord landscape. It was here in the 10th century that the Vikings gave Greenland its name (which means ‘grassland’) and it has stuck to this day. Greenland’s agriculture is expanding: sheep farming for meat production and the cultivation of vegetables without the use of pesticides, like potatoes, cabbage and beets. Even strawberries and tomatoes are grown in the greenhouses of the state-run Experimental Farm. Greenland wants to become less dependent on expensive food imports. Climate change is working to its advantage.