{"id":33696,"date":"2023-08-30T11:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodenbusinesspark.com\/vattenfall-vill-testa-framtidens-fiskfoder-i-boden\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:01:58","slug":"vattenfall-vill-testa-framtidens-fiskfoder-i-boden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodenbusinesspark.com\/en\/vattenfall-vill-testa-framtidens-fiskfoder-i-boden\/","title":{"rendered":"Vattenfall to test future fish feed in Boden, Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boden will play a central role in the development of sustainable fish feed for the future. At Vattenfall\u2019s fish farm in Heden, they are following the project with great interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food industry accounts for about one third of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions and animal products have the greatest impact on the environment and climate. In Sweden, feed accounts for 50 to 85 percent of the climate emissions from fish, pigs, poultry and eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address the issue, Axfoundation and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have launched a project with practitioners and researchers from Boden to \u00d6land, to develop the feed of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boden will play a pivotal role in the development of<\/span><\/a>\u00a0fish feed which will partly be based on larvae raised with the help of local food waste. A pilot facility for the insects is expected to be in place soon, adjacent to the existing test greenhouse in the industrial area Boden Plug & Play, located next to the Arena area. Just like the greenhouse, the insect facility will also be powered by waste heat from a small data center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trout experiment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hanna Carlberg, researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and Christian Sj\u00f6land, project manager for Food of the Future at Axfoundation, recently visited Boden to discuss and experience the conditions of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the visits was to Heden\u2019s fish farm, which each year raises and releases hundreds of thousands of salmon and trout to compensate for the impact of hydropower on the fish\u2019s natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 For us, this is interesting for several reasons. The goal of our project is to develop future circular and climate-smart feed for several different animal species. Specifically for the salmon smolt in Heden, we want to explore whether it\u2019s possible to add entirely locally-produced larvae to their diet,\u201d says Hanna Carlberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is something that Henri Heimonen, operations manager at Vattenfall\u2019s fish farm in Heden, welcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 We have been testing insect-based feed and animal feed for sea trout for three years, and we see no difference. It would be interesting to see if it works just as well for the salmon,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling overfishing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

He and the operation was awarded the municipality of Boden\u2019s environmental grant in 2022 for their active work to improve the processes in fish farming, resulting in positive measurable effects on the local environment. However, one area where he still sees great potential for improvement is fish feed, which is seen as a contributing factor to the overfishing of the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The feed fishing we see it today is a worryingly large problem and to me it doesn\u2019t seem relevant to keep feeding salmon with forage fish if there are other alternatives. I will be very happy if we can participate and try to make it even more locally produced and sustainable,\u201d says Henri Heimonen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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