Icelandic Food Production Provides Plenty of Protein Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Kristján Þór Júlíusson. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað Icelandic food production has grown in recent years, supplying Icelanders with most of the food they need, especially when it comes to protein. This is revealed in a report , done by the Agricultural University of Iceland at the request of Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Kristján Þór Júlíusson, Iceland produces 43 percent of vegetables consumed in the country, 90 percent of meat, 96 percent of eggs, and 99 percent of dairy products. It does, by contrast, only produce one percent of grains used for human consumption in the country.
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Iceland enjoys a high level of food security from domestic production especially when it comes to fish, dairy, and meat though the majority of grains and fruit & vegetables are imported.
A new report just released by the Agricultural University of Iceland, on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Innovation, looks deeper into the nation’s food security.
Only one percent of grain for human consumption is grown in Iceland, and 43 percent of fruit and vegetables.
The situation is very different for meat (90 percent), eggs (96 percent), and dairy (99 percent) and especially for fish, where supply far outstrips domestic demand.
On a recent expedition to Surtsey, scientists discovered five new plants on an island known to many as a ‘living laboratory.’ The group’s annual expedition took them to the small island just off the south coast of Iceland which was created when a volcano exploded in 1963 and is a favourite place for curious scientists.
Dr. Sturla Fridriksson is one such scientist. He has been visiting the island every year for the last 43 years. “I feel like a boy looking for adventures, looking for a treasure,” he said.
In an effort to determine how life would evolve on earth without human interference, access to the island is restricted to a small number of qualified scientists.
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