Finland’s strawberry season hastened by warm spring weather
This year, the strawberry season in Finland is occurring early and is shorter than usual. Miika Ilomäki from the fruit
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Sweden faces midsummer strawberry shortage due to unfavourable weather
Would Midsommar even be Midsommar without Swedish strawberries? Well millions may be about to find out. At Västernäs strawberry farm
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Lack of rain could force Swedish farmers to kill their livestock early
Many cows in Sweden might need to be slaughtered early due to a shortage of grass for them to eat.
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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers
Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern
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Quality key to Finnish food industry’s success in Asia
Finland’s food exports are growing briskly. In 2016 Finland exported 1.5 billion euros’ worth of foodstuffs, surpassing 1.6 billion last
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Sweden’s new bet on underground farming
This week two underground farming projects open in Helsingborg and Stockholm, and one hope is that urban farming can create
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Sweden raises alert level after Danish bird flu outbreak
Sweden has raised its alert level for poultry to the second highest after an outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring
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Fewer reindeer lost to predators in Finland
Reindeer are by far the most common herd animals attacked by predators in Finland. Last year, reindeer herders lost animals
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Baltic Sea health shows improvement: researchers
The health of the highly-polluted Baltic Sea appears to be improving. Despite continuing periodic algae blooms and dead zones in
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Wolves attack sheep and lambs in North Sweden
This weekend, wolf attacks were responsible for the deaths of a number of sheep and lambs in northern Sweden, in
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Greenpeace calls for reassessment of Finnish environmental policy
Greenpeace Finland’s program manager Sini Harkki says Finland would benefit from a new appraisal of its environmental protection commitments. In
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Russian Arctic regions of Murmansk and Yamal widen cooperation
Two important regions in Russia’s Arctic ambitions – Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous
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Finland: Recapturing farm nutrients offers double benefits
Finnish officials hope to entice farmers to stop fertiliser and animal waste from leaking into the waterways – and to
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Blog: Addressing northern food insecurity
The challenge of northern food security is not new, but awareness on the issue has been growing, thanks to efforts
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Snowless winters could lead to summer frost in Finland
MTT Agrifood Research Finland has studied the consequences of snowless winters on Finnish fields and grains. The studies suggest that
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