Preserving Heritage Potatoes: Highlights from the Virgin Potato Festival in Turku, Finland and Turun Sanomat’s Coverage of the Mainpotre Project
Veli-Matti Rokka and Maarit Heinonen from LUKE (Luonnonvarakeskus) were giving speeches about potatoes, their history, cultivation, our project, international relationships, and food security in front of the audience. There were thousands of visitors there. The story...
First round of test fishing completed!
In Sweden, SLU cooperated with local fisher Bengt to catch round goby with modified fyke nets, traditionally used to catch eel. These nets now include escape hatches to minimize bycatch. They also tested the Latvian trap-nets especially designed to catch round goby....
Summer newsletter
In the newsletter you will be able to read more about the following topics: • our project meeting in Klaipeda in May. • a taster of the results of the SME Challenge inventory which surveyed SMEs views of the challenges and possibilities presented by seasonality. 239...