Eva and Jógvan live alone on an island in the Faroe archipelago – Stora Dimun, a small stone raft from the North Atlantic. They dedicate themselves to agriculture and herding and produce 90% of what they consume. The helicopter is the only connection with the nearest island and is dependent on the weather, in an archipelago where it rains 300 days a year.
More than two decades after meeting at the teachers’ school in Torshavn, capital of the Faroes, where they graduated, Eva and Jogvan are practically self-sufficient: they produce 90% of what they consume. In addition to farming, they have cattle, chickens, ducks and a flock of 500 sheep.
“It’s hard, but it’s been a perfect life”
“We are proud of what we did and the way we did it,” diz Jógvan. “It’s tough, but it’s been a perfect life.”
“We live from and with nature. I feel like we are part of it”, says Eva. “Time decides what we do every day, and also the season of the year. And I like that. Sometimes we say: we did the best we could but it wasn’t possible, time didn’t allow it. We don’t control everything. You have to know how to accept .”
Eva has the name of the island in her surname. The family has been here for two centuries, eight generations. I always knew I would like to work in agriculture.
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