Tag: Agriculture

Glacier flour fertilizes a garden of ideas

Camille Lin

The potential of ‘glacial flour’ for agriculture is re-emerging, according to a study by the IC3 polar research centre in Tromsø, which notes that there are limits to its use, as some of this flour could be toxic in certain cases.

In Greenland food self-sufficiency starts with potatoes

Mirjana Binggeli

The government of Greenland is aiming for food self-sufficiency with greater production of Greenlandic raw materials. With a first step, the local production of potatoes.

Innovative cultivation project from northern Sweden receives award

Dr. Michael Wenger

A brand new project aims to use a new approach to make vegetable and herb cultivation in Arctic regions more sustainable, and is receiving an award for its efforts.

Uncertain future for Greenland's livestock farmers

Kevin McGwin

Greenland's livestock farmers have a lot going against them. Add politics and inflation to the list

Melons in the Arctic - Russia's agricultural research in the north

Ecaterina Cojuhari

Russia is exploring ways to adapt the harvest of agricultural crops in the Arctic to improve the food security for the population there.