Valio Group net sales in 2020 were €1.808bn (US$2.2bn), up 1.2% on the previous year. Domestic net sales decreased by 0.9%, and international net sales rose 4.3%.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development have announced the launch of a new development cooperation project titled “Green Resilient Agricultural Productive Ecosystems in Nepal”.
High-tech greenhouse grows tomatoes with super-low CO2 emission
High-tech greenhouse grows tomatoes with super-low CO2 emission
On the west coast of Finland, a five-year-old semi-closed greenhouse is stocking supermarket shelves with nearly carbon-neutral, high-quality TOV and cherry tomatoes. Agrifutura Tomaatit acquired a study of its climate footprint from LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland) in 2021 and despite growing in the harsh and cold Finish climate, their climate footprint is ca. 0.36 kgCO2-ekv/kg, a result superior to that of many European countries and Finish colleagues. With their new greenhouse, they are looking to further lower their footprint. It is our goal to lower it to 0 in the coming years through compensation models – such as reforestation projects – while we are working to pioneer new ways of growing crops with our own methods to further reduce our CO2-footprint as well as operating costs. In future, we hope to replicate this concept around the wo
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IMAGE: The research demonstrates that stone enrichments that have been previously conditioned in lake water significantly improve survival of aquaculture fish compared to clean stones. view more
Credit: Pekka Hyvärinen/Luke
Collaborative research of the University of Jyvaskyla and Natural Research Institute Finland presents new evidence of the effects of enriched rearing on well-being of aquaculture fishes. The research demonstrates that stone enrichments that have been previously conditioned in lake water significantly improve survival of fish compared to clean stones. Also a higher number of stones has a similar positive effect. The results have practical implications for prevention of aquaculture diseases. The study was published in