Angelina Pucher

In addition to the rare breeds of domestic animals (brown mountain sheep, Tauernscheck goats, Cröllwitz turkeys, Austrian country geese, Sulmtal chickens, Blue Viennese rabbits, Austrian short-haired pinschers, around 30 organic beehives), the Sturm-Archehof is run as a farm holiday and green care business. Another main pillar for running the small farm as a full-time business is the button-making parlour, where everything offered for selling (buttons made from cow horn, stag horn, wood and stone, wood-turning, books by the farmer's wife, etc.) is made on the farm. The furniture in the holiday flats and in the Sturm-Archehof library is also made from local wood directly on the farm. As a nature and landscape guide, Angelina Pucher leads visitors through the farm and nature and has also been travelling to farms as a biodiversity mediator since 2018. Her latest project is called ‘Tell us how it used to be’, an intergenerational project at three national park schools. In it, older people talk about the past, with topics such as ‘From hemp seed to clothing’, basket weaving, alpine mowing and herbs. The children are to write down what they have heard in texts that are to be published as a book. The aim is to provide authentic examples of how sustainable living in harmony with creation is possible.