The Icelandic Butter Dilemma
The most expensive butter in the world is ten times more expensive than Icelandic butter. And the Icelandic butter is equally good or better. How can this be? Continue reading The Icelandic Butter Dilemma
Category: Nordic Food
Is Icelandic agriculture carbon neutral?
Is Icelandic agriculture carbon neutral? Since 1990, the climate change countermeasures of Icelandic agriculture is 730.000 tons. The release is 616.000 tons.. Could you claim that all Icelandic agricultural products are zero-carbon delicatessen? Continue reading Is Icelandic agriculture carbon neutral?
The weird story of why beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989?
As a part of an international trend, an alcohol prohibition was implemented in Iceland in 1915, after an overwhelming support to the ban in a referendum in 1908. 73% of voters shoved up for the referendum and 60,1% of them said yes to the ban. To put it into perspective, the famous prohibition in the United States started three years later in 1920. It lasted … Continue reading The weird story of why beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989?
Svavar Halldorsson 