Editing Samsø (section)

==Agriculture and sustainable production==
[[File:Samsø field - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Agricultural field (cabbage) on Samsø]]
Agriculture has been the primary occupation on Samsø for millennia and nearly all of the island comprise cultured landscapes. Nowadays, farming is still an important business and the biggest contributor to the island's economy, but compared to the rest of Denmark, it has developed in its own direction. [[Free range]] farming is very prominent, and the agricultural produce comprise mostly potatoes, various other vegetables and berries as well as some animal husbandry. In the 2000s, especially the vegetable and berry production has increased, as the Samsø brand has become more widely known and popular. At the same time, packaging and industrial processing is increasingly taken care of on the island before shipping, again increasing the local revenue of the farming trade overall. Close to 16% of the islanders work in the fishing and farming sector, not including derived labour, compared to 3.5% countrywide.<ref name=Landbruget>{{cite web|url=http://planer.samsoe.dk/dk/kommuneplan/redegoerelse_hovedstruktur_og_retningslinjer/erhverv/landbruget.htm |title=Landbruget [Agriculture] |publisher=Samsø Municipality |language=da |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>

In Denmark, Samsø is well known for its early harvest of [[new potato]]es. The first few pounds of these potatoes usually fetch prices around £100, and are considered a great delicacy.<ref name=Landbruget/> Samsø is popular among [[French people|French]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and [[Irish people]] for [[strawberry]] picking during the months of June and July every year.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
[[Ecological farming|Ecological]] agriculture and production is significant on Samsø, with a broad network of cooperating associations. It comprise farming of a large variety of vegetables, grains and fruits, livestock meat and products (lambs, sheep, yarn, cows, pigs, horses, donkeys, goats, chickens, eggs), a dairy, a brewery, restaurants and cafés, candy production, [[permaculture]] and [[Forest gardening|forest garden]] experiments. There are several plans for extending the overall ecological production and broaden the industry (a slaughterhouse, [[orangery]], forest gardens and education), with a wish for creating more jobs and opportunity for inhabitants of the island.<ref>[http://oekologisksamsoe.dk/oekologiske-producenter/ Ecological producers] The association 'Økologisk Samsø'.</ref>