New Nordic Food
The New Nordic Food programme aims at initiating, facilitating and coordinating activities grounded in the New Nordic Food manifesto from 2004. The Nordic Council of Ministers has been a part of this effort from the outset and this site both gives you an overview of past activities as well as visions for the future of Nordic Food.
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Food policy in the Corona-crisis: share your best ideas
Empty supermarket shelves. Missing seasonal workers in the fields. Closed restaurants and cafés. These are some of the tell-tale signs of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Nordic region, if not the world. At the same time, we also see more people cultivating gardens and chefs using food surp...
Food makes youth climate superheroes
Young farmer cuts greenhouse gas emissions by half, vegan blogger redesigns the idea of comfort food and policymakers discuss innovative tools for climate action. During COP25 the Nordic Food Policy Lab brings new voices, ideas and concrete actions to the table that can help accelerate ...
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Quality food, quality of life: the socioeconomic power of gastronomy
The New Nordic Food movement has radically changed the gastronomic landscape in the Nordic region. When sitting down to a fresh glass of microbrewed beer and seasonal meal prepared by skilled chefs, it’s easy to forget that we live in a bubble. So how can we spread the positive impacts ...
