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Growing food(ies): Empowering youth in the Nordic food systems
Karen Refsgaard and Torfi Johannesson
© Nordregio 2025
Layout: Sara Melander
Cover photo: Kateryna Hliznitsova/unsplash.com
The project is financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (MR-FJLS). EK-FJLS (Executive) has ensured that the project provides answers to key questions, offers relevant guidelines for experts and decision-makers, and disseminates policy recommendations.
A reference group consisting of representatives from relevant Nordic youth organisations in the food systems sector has ensured involvement, validation, and anchorage of the project analyses and results.
This policy brief is based on a larger report written by Maija Käle, Jonas Tybring Kackus, Karen Refsgaard, Torfi Johannesson, Eva Mærsk and Louise Vestergaard, set to launch in the second half of 2025: Growing Food(ies) - Young agents and opportunities in the Nordic food sector.
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Nordregio is a leading Nordic and European research centre for regional development and planning, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 1997. We conduct solution-oriented and applied research, addressing current issues from both a research perspective and the viewpoint of policymakers and practitioners. Operating at the international, national, regional and local levels, Nordregio’s research covers a wide geographic scope, emphasising the Nordic and Baltic Sea Regions, Europe and the Arctic.
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