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Almost everyone has held their lamb's lettuce or rocket in their hands. The Beckedorf family grows vegetables and salads in Reinbek. Tietje Beckedorf is the fourth generation. The junior boss is responsible for day-to-day business and also takes care of optimization and innovations in cultivation. His goal is to use as few resources as possible, such as water, fertilizers or pesticides, per kilo of harvested vegetables. He works closely with his friend Jonas Westermeier. Tietje lured him to Schleswig-Holstein two and a half years ago. While they were still studying, they developed a weed chopper with a nine-meter wingspan, tailored precisely to growing lettuce. From March to November, the Beckedorfs cultivate 300 hectares of land together with twelve employees and 100 seasonal workers from Poland and Romania. Large parts of the harvest are packaged on site ready for sale. The goods should be on the supermarket counter within 24 hours. Stefan Sooth has been responsible for plant protection for eleven years. He operates the newest vehicle in the fleet: a sprayer with a 39-meter wingspan. Sow again and again, let it grow and then harvest, all in a rhythm of four to six weeks. The vegetable growers brave cold and rain, drought and heat. ______________________________________ The farm stories on ndr.de https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendunge... The Nordreportage https://www.ndr.de/dienordreportage _________________________________________________ Our guidelines for comments: https://www.ndr.de/service/technische...