Rainbow trouts and chicken eggs

120 happy, free-range chickens ensure that all the fresh eggs needed for the kitchen and monastery shop are sourced from the farm itself. Their mobile chicken coop is regularly moved a few metres to give the chickens access to fresh green fodder and protein-rich food, while preventing damage to the meadow and overfertilisation of the soil. This diet gives the eggs rich yellow yolks and a high omega-3 content. A solar panel on the chicken coop provides a self-sufficient supply of electricity for lighting, exit flaps and the pasture fence.

The fish farm is run according to ecological principles and is ideal for employing people with support needs. The trout are either smoked in the farm's own smokehouse and sold in the monastery shop, or they go straight from the water to the restaurant kitchen.