Kosher and cows – Religious strife in Norway
Kosher and cows – Religious strife in Norway over food Norway Today recently wrote about the application for a Muslim-only school in Oslo. There are,…
Meat
Record high beef production last year
There has never been as much meat produced as in 2018. The increase was greatest in the production of beef. Production of beef increased by…
Meat-loving Germans beat us at herring
Meat-loving Germans beat Norwegians at herring The Germans love meat and are among those in Europe who eat the least fish. But they have something…
The Farmers fear for bankruptcies
The Farmers Association fear for bankruptcies due to EU imports A new agreement between Norway and the EU more than doubles duty-free imports of beef…
Drought leads to mass slaughter of cattle
Drought leads to the mass slaughter of livestock The slaughterhouse Fatland says they now slaughter twice as many cattle as normal in July. This as a…
PACKED! Norway’s Meat Lockers @ Max Cap
Norway’s summertime drought conditions have prompted cattle farmers to bring their herds to slaughter earlier this cattle season than normal.This sudden influx of unexpected cattle…
Summer weather created record meat sales
Summer temperatures have caused Norwegians to flock to the shops to buy meat for the barbecue. “The May weather has boosted enormous sales of…
Norway 2017 Meat @ 351,300 tonnes
Statistics Norway has released year 2016/2017 statistics of the country’s meat production, showing a 2% increase over the previous calendar year. Sheep production saw…
Increase in meat production
A total of 164 100 tonnes of meat from domestic animals were approved for human consumption during the first half of 2017; an increase of 2.5…
Bishop removes meat from the diocese menu
Bishop removes meat from the diocese menu Bishop in Borg diocese, Atle Sommerfeldt, will make an effort for the climate and banishes meat from events…
Norway’s meat imports drop
From January to April 2017, Norway imported 8,023 tonnes of meat, according to figures from Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå,which the Norwegian Agricultural Directorate have read….
The European Parliament approves EU agreements with Norway
The European Parliament approves EU agreements with Norway The European Parliament gives the green light to amending the EU agreements with Norway on fisheries and…
German meat mislabeled as Norwegian
8,000 packages of First Price ground meat was labeled as Norwegian meat, but was actually German. The supplier says it is regrettable but, do not…
All meat must be labeled with its country of origin
The scheme of labelling meat with by its country of origin expanded to include pigs, sheep, goats and poultry. So far, it had been only…
One in four Norwegians plan to eat less meat
25 percent of the population plan to reduce the consumption of red meat during 2017, according to a new survey. The survey is conducted by…
Norwegians eat less meat than neighboring Scandinavian countries
A recent report shows that Norwegians eat more meat than we did before, but both the Danes and Swedes eat even more than us. The…
Lots of reindeer meat and a large increase in reindeer slaughter
So far this season, 47 percent more deer have been slaughtered than the same period in 2015. Meanwhile, there is three times as much reindeer…
Four out of ten want to eat less meat
In a recent survey four out of ten Norwegians have revealed that they want to reduce their meat consumption in the coming years. The number…