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Stora Juleboda farm: Foraging & silvo-pasture, Sweden
STORA JULEBODA is a KRAV certified farm on
sandy soils, located on the coast between Åhus
and Kivik and covers 100 hectares, divided into
orchards, pastures, forest and cropland. Being
next to the sea and the forest gives the location
mild autumns but with a risk for late spring frost,
when humidity sweeps in over the orchards. The
farm is run by Anna and Marcus Callenbring, with
help from their daughter Clara and a returning,
seasonal working family. The former apple orchard differs a lot from the others in the region,
(Kivik) famous for apple- and cider production.
Here they grow apples, pears and plums, sea
buckthorn, raspberries and American blueberries
(Vaccinium corymbosum), hops, blackberries,
black currants, rose hips and rose quince. Between the trees, priority is given to stinging nettles,
fireweed (Camaenerion angustifolium) Phacelia
(Phacelia tanacetifolia) white goosefoot (Chenopodium album) white clover, meadow-sweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and dandelions. In this environment, the natural enemies of insect pests, such as
ladybugs and birds, thrive, Marcus explains.
The diversification is implemented through a farm
nursery and in collaboration with plant breeders
at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU).
“THE PLANT DIVERSITY IN
THE ORCHARDS SUPPORT
A LARGE NUMBER OF SPECIES: 28 DIFFERENT BIRDS
HAVE BEEN SPOTTED”
- Marcus Callenbring
“In apple orchards four insect species are harmful, but there are several beneficial, and with a
high variety of perennials, the latter are attracted”, according to Marcus. He adds that they are
fortunate to have a special ant living in the apple
orchards that eats the larvae of the codling moth,
a big problem in organic fruit production as they
Sid 45-46
Fireweed (Camaenerion angustifolium).
