New project aims to boost quality of Norwegian pears
Norway’s largest retailer NorgesGruppen wants to help the country’s consumers eat more domestically grown fruit and vegetables.
It recently teamed up with leading fresh produce importer Bama and producer Gartnerhallen to create Grofondet, which will use a combined Kr10m (€8.7m) fund to support growth in homegrown supply over the next decade.
This month, it announced

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