EXPLORE - Experiencing local food resources in the Nordic countries

The food, experience and tourism industries have become important as stimulus for growth and development in the economies of rural regions. High quality restaurants and food experiences are well recognized as local engines with respect to tourists. Increasingly, leading restaurants serve local products. Focusing their menus on regional specialities, they need to access locally produced food of excellent quality. High quality restaurants can serve to upgrade local production systems in terms of product quality and the range of products and services offered.

The project will be organized as a joint effort between four partners in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland with equal shares of resources allocated to each partner. Nordland Research Institute will be responsible for the project management while all four partners are equally responsible for conducting case studies, producing and sharing knowledge and participating in workshops and meetings.

Read newsletter 1 from the project.

Read newsletter 2 from the project.