Blog: How two towns in the Canadian Arctic get their food
The other evening, I was sitting in a typical house in Tuktoyaktuk enjoying a meal with an Inuvialuit family as
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Early season for Finland’s wild mushrooms and berries
Mushrooms, including chanterelles, are ready for the picking in southern and central parts of the country. Unusually, at the same
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Norway’s seafood exports booming
So far this year Norway has exported seafood worth nearly €4 billion, an increase of 26 percent year-on-year. Norwegian seafood
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Iditarod mushers pack fish, beef, stew and Twinkies for fuel
Paul Gebhardt has started the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 19 times. He’s placed second twice and has learned a
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What Fitbit-like devices tell us about polar bears
To survive the harsh conditions of the Arctic, polar bears roaming Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coastline subsist on the equivalent of
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‘Farm in a box’ offers year-round Alaska crops
An Anchorage startup company has found a new use for the refrigerated container vans that once brought perishable items to
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Alaska fought for policy rider on GMO salmon
A bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress would require the FDA to produce labeling guidelines before it allows the sale
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Alaska gives go-ahead to hunt ice-stranded muskox
If an Alaska resident spots a musk ox floating on ice sea ice adjacent to a western Alaska game management
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Female whalers break ‘ice ceiling’ in Arctic Alaska
For thousands of years, when Inupiat whaling crews hunted bowhead whales, the harpooners were traditionally men — until this generation, which has
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Fast test for toxic fungi in Sweden
It’s the mushroom season here in Sweden, with lots of people searching the forests for edible delights. But not every
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Nunavut allows limited caribou harvest after Baffin Island moratorium
Caribou are an important food source for Inuit on Baffin Island in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. But declining
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Alaska community gets into reindeer meat market
Lifelong Savoonga resident Richmond Toolie couldn’t wait to talk about the reindeer herd he manages. But there was a catch Wednesday:
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Trade fair promotes urban gardening in nordic cities
Urban gardening is becoming a hot topic in Sweden as more people in cities want to try growing. Over the weekend
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Russian shoppers back in Finland
A stronger exchange rate for the ruble has brought more Russian customers back to shops in Finland. Some local retailers
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Researchers identify Inuit gene responsible for sugar intolerance
For some northerners, there is reason to cut down on sugar that has nothing to do with New Year’s resolutions:
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