Nature

A small amount of rowan berries does not interfere with juicing, as they are filtered out in the process. On the other hand, apples with mummy disease are not wanted in the juice house.

The apple orchard yielded three thousand kilos last year, but this fall only individual fruits. Colleagues have also told Laitinen similar experiences. According to him, it does not exceed the normal seasonality.

The summer heat hastened the ripening of many apple species. Then came the rowan berries. They attacked the apples this year, when the rowanberry crop was small.

Drought and pests caused the trees to drop their crops before their time. At that time, many had apples that were problematic waste.

Mummy disease has also taxed the crop this year.

– Apples have looked so disgusting that people have not dared to use them as food for deer, Laitinen describes.

Diseases have inoculated apple crops in Ostrobothnia as well.

Many people throw apples away too easily

Vavesaari’s farm also operates a juice factory, where, among other things, apples are turned into drinks.

The entrepreneur does not want brown, mummy-infected and moldy apples in his juice house. On the other hand, small amounts of rowan berries are not harmful.

– Apples go through many cloths, sieves and pasteurization. No larva swims in the juice. Machine-picked black currants have more protein sources than an apple like this, explains Laitinen.

He has pointed out that people throw apples away too easily.

– A little scabbing or dents don’t hurt anything. An apple will go to pieces in big crushers anyway.

Ginger and spruce are favorites of mulled spices

Berry season is now underway at the juice factory. Many people bring over-the-year berries there from the cold.

In particular, juice is currently produced from lingonberry, cranberry and chokeberry. Grapes, sea buckthorn and carrots are mixed into the same drink as the apple.

The production of mulled wine has also already started, and Laitinen has delivered the first batches of Christmas drinks to retail stores.

Ginger is currently a popular mulled wine spice. Kuusenkerkkä also works well, according to Laitinen.

– It is also a trendy plant and works well with sea buckthorn and apple. You can drink it cold. In hot mulled wine, the aroma of fir emerges.

This fall, Metsähallitus will restore the bog in Ukonmurronneva in Reisjärvi. Swamps are one of the most degraded natural habitats in Finland.

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There is still no information about an agreement in the logging dispute between Metsähallitus and nature organizations. The Swedish Forest Agency wants to cut down \”thousands of cubic meters\ nature organizations think the islands should be left alone.

The two islands of the Oulujärvi camping area, Kuostonsaari and Kaarresalo, have been the subject of a dispute between Metsähallitus and nature conservation organizations for years. According to the parties, rapprochement has also taken place, but differences of opinion still exist.

Metsähallitus would like to conduct thinning-type felling on the island, that is, there will be no open felling. The state would like to clear 162 hectares of forest from Kuostonsaari and 45 hectares from Kaarressalo.

– I can say directly that we are going to be screwed tightly here. In my opinion, Metsähallitus could make that transfer, says Hyyryläinen.

Nature organizations have been fighting for administrative rights over the islands since 2017. The islands belong to the Oulujärvi camping area, the Natura 2000 network and the Rokua Geopark area, but they are not actual protected areas.

Can Kaarresalo remain untouched?

Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä investigated the nature of the islands in autumn 2017. According to them, the islands are very different in their forests.

In Kaarresalo, which is smaller in area, there are many forests over a hundred years old, the oldest trees can be over 150 years old. Nature organizations want it to be left to its own devices.

– We will twist it to the very end, says Hyyryläinen.

Metsähallitus Regional Director Arto Tolonen’s opinion is that it is precisely Kaarresalo where it is more difficult to find an agreement with nature organizations. However, the state is not absolute in its logging intentions, and it may be possible to reject them.

– You might have something like this in your mind, admits Tolonen.

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Veera Kivistö decided to reduce her meat consumption and became a vegetarian who sometimes eats game. In general, cutting meat consumption in half would be a good goal for every Finn.

Asking for one’s own food is emotional and emotions come to the surface even in a shooting situation.

– When you get to the prey, you feel gratitude and respect for that animal. I have a way of thanking Mother Nature for calling me a catch and giving me the situation and the opportunity to succeed, Kivistö says.

He describes himself as a game vegan: if he eats meat, it is exclusively game meat or responsible fish, such as Finnish roach.

– The main emphasis in the food is on vegetarian and vegan food, but I prefer to add game that I have caught myself as a spice from time to time. Even what my father asks is fine.

Game meat is not automatically a climate change

Veera Kivistö chose vegetarian food at the age of 15, but game remained on the table thanks to the hobby of her father and brother.

Five years ago, milk and eggs were excluded from the diet. The main reason for reducing meat consumption is concern about the climate.

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Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park will transition to a litter-free era at the beginning of next year. Litter-free also applies to Finland’s most popular hiking trail between Hetta and Pallas.

Finland’s most popular Hetta-Pallas hiking trail has so far had waste separation points at deserted and reserve sites, but after the turn of the year, not a single waste container can be found on the approximately 55-kilometer route.

In the future, the hiker must carry his own garbage in his backpack and the waste will be brought to the nature center’s eco-point. In a survey conducted by Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park a year ago, the respondents considered the principles of litter-free camping important.

An experienced hiker knows how to act

– It’s a good direction, says Katri Väinämö.

In his opinion, it is a good principle that the hiker must be able to carry away everything he has brought with him, including trash.

Both have experience on Lapland’s hiking trails, but the trip to the north during the autumn season is their first. Garbage has not been left in nature or at waste points on previous trips either.

– We always have trash bags with us, it’s not difficult at all, states Eetu Väinämö.

– In moderation, I think I feel it. Etiquette advises and instructs how to act in nature and in wilderness habitats, it is familiar, says Eija Kankaanpää.

The sisters have just arrived with packs on their backs from Finland’s most popular Hetta-Pallas hiking trail. The distance is 55 kilometers in a few days. The trash from the trip is packed in a bag and goes in the pocket of the bike.

– We had prepared for the hike with garbage bags and we were surprised that there were still garbage containers here, wonders Ulla Lehtinen.

Both think that people know how to behave well on their outings in nature.

– There was a bit of rubbish. One can was seen so far in the stream that it couldn’t be retrieved, recalls Eija Kankaanpää.

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The researcher has cultivated around 200 heirloom plants throughout the summer in an experimental plantation in Turku. The harvest has been promising, and the new varieties could bring diversity to both fields and plates.

Promising results have been obtained on the climate resilience of traditional legumes in Turku. Soya beans, broad beans and grey peas would make a tasty and colourful addition to Finnish tables.

The small part that ends up as human food is usually processed into some form. Traditional varieties are both beautiful and delicious, and could be enjoyed without processing.

The varieties that Weijola has studied are those that can be directly adopted by the farmer.

– Some of the bean varieties gave a good yield, even more than half a kilo per square meter. This is more than what can usually be produced on commercial farms in Sweden. They have been a festive food in the past in the Nordic countries, but their cultivation has not reached Finland.

Most of the experimental cultivation plant varieties have fallen out of use due to the mechanization of agriculture, but seeds are available from the Nordic gene bank.

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