Seeham is Europe’s first organic capital
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The Flachgau municipality of Seeham has been voted Europe’s first organic capital in Brussels. This comes at the right time, because the BioArt Campus was officially opened on Friday. 28 companies have settled at the site.
80 percent of agriculture in Seeham is already organic. 33 farms in the Flachgau community produce certified organic food. Seeham was voted the organic capital of Europe last week, says Mayor Peter Altendorfer (ÖVP): “Vienna came second, but we emerged victorious. We are very proud of it, the award ceremony was very impressive. We will certainly continue to wear that.”
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The BioArt Campus was built in Seeham at a cost of ten million euros. Local products are made and sold there. There are five manufactories in the house, in which the companies also work together. “Of course it’s also a great exchange,” says Josef Farthofer. The Lower Austrian schnapps distiller works with restaurateurs in Tennengau to turn stale bread into gin.
A total of 28 companies have found a new location in the BioArt Campus. 80 jobs have been created on campus. Bio Austria has also moved to Seeham. Lectures and research groups should be held in seminar rooms.
The campus is supposed to be even bigger, there are expansion plans, says Robert Rosenstatter, CEO of BioArt. “Right after that, a structure for sustainable building and living is to be built, and again a cubic structure for renewable energies and the entire start-up scene.”