In 2006, the second round of a campaign entitled “September – Organic Food Month” took place, in the form of a cycle of successful markets, open-door days, and other popularizing activities.
Vysočina is doing particularly well in selected organic products (bio products). For example, it has practically a monopoly in pork farming, and delivers also great volumes of cow milk and one half of the country’s goat milk.
Apiculture
Bee-keeping is yet another traditional sphere of activity that has its steady position in the agricultural spectrum of Vysočina. The number of bee-keepers as well as bee hives is distributed throughout the Region quite evenly, but the warmer climate of the Třebíč District tops the list.
Table – Bee-keeping in Vysočina as of 15. 9. 2006
Forestry
Vysočina is one of the regions with average forest coverage. The Region’s total wooded area measures about 203,000 hectares. The woods are owned by approximately 48,000 legal and physical entities. The wooded ratio is about 30 %. The health condition of the Vysočina forests has been improving. In general, however, recent conditions for development of the woods have not been favorable, particularly due to climatic fluctuations. On the one hand, overall temperatures have been above average, on the other, precipitation has been distinctly below average. There has been little rainfall, specifically during the growing season. Due to these circumstances, the strength of the Region’s forests has been deteriorating.
Graph – Structure of the owners of the Vysočina forests