For Jo’s Monday walk, today we shall take a tour to a farming village called Lærdal in Norway where major agriculture production includes potatoes, apricots, oats, raspberries and most of all cherries. Sweet cherries or Morello cherries, originally from China now grown in Norway are popular and are sold in majority of grocery stores in Norway. The cherry production in this region is more than 200 tons and accounts for half of the total cherry production in Norway.
To learn about Norwegian farm life and its challenges we took a guided tour/walk with one of the renowened farmers of this region. His talk also includes the following topics:
- Cherries – varieties, root stocks, tree architecture and cover systems in operation
- Testing and benchmarking for the cherry varieties: The Canadian varieties from Summerland reseach: Van, Lapins and Sweet Hart, and the European: Regina (Germany), Kordia (Czeck rep) and Girgia (Italian)
- Ideas around robotics and drone monitoring in fruit orchards
Long growing season, soft light, good soil and plenty of fresh water give the cherries the good taste. Cherries or Moreller tastes best when they have a deep dark red color and kept on room temperature.
The Norwegian agriculture has by far the strictest rules. It’s one of the reasons why one can safely eat cherries and other norwegian proctuct. Our tour also included
- Visit to Lærdal Grønt Pack House to study the operation of cherry grading machine that will deliver more then 200 tons of cherries to the Norwegian market this year (about 50% of Norwegian production)
- Discussing ideas around big data and cherry grading based on the 30 pictures pr cherry data optical grading system
- Visit to “Smak av Sogn Landhandel” local & regional food and drink shop
Slurp! Looks so delicious. 😀
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Yes they were. Your see we skipped our lunch 😀
Thank you Rekha.
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Thanks Rupali for the in-depth tour of the cherry farms. They look so juicy and sweet 👍
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Yes they are wonder!
Thank you Radhika.
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wow great story and photos … now I see why you are interested in my farm. Very different kind, it will happen eventually 🙂
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Thank you Kate.
Farming in this weather is not easy and after knowing all the dedication and hard work I decided to write a post on my tour.
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oh yes and this is a great way for us to see your adopted country! I’ve been there several times but more to catch up with friends so we never go far from Oslo. I love your photos and stories, more please 🙂
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🙂
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My lovely friend Tish would love this walk! 🙂 🙂 I had no idea Norway produced cherries in abundance. Thank you so much!
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I too had no idea about the big farms in this region. It was an amazing experience.
Thanks for appreciating my efforts.
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Awesome presentation of how cherries are made and their beautiful farms, Rupali. Thanks for the share.
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Thanks Kamal.
It was a very great and eye-opening visit.
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Yes must surely be Rupali. Welcome dear.
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Fascinating – no wonder bees got into cherries , I would too. Wonderful post – thank you, Rupali
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🙂 We all would have done that with plenty of cherries all around and with different tastes 🙂
Thanks Luda for participating.
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An interesting walk! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for appreciating the hard work and all the efforts of the farmers.
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Very informative post Rupali. Great work!
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Thank you Raj.
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Yum
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Nice to see such a hi-tech farm ! 🙂
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🙂 thanks Megala. Farming is expensive all over the world just that in our country real farmers are the real sufferers.
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I hope that the days are not far for our farmers also start using all these hi-tech gadgets.
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Oh dear it’s a long way unless our politicians become kind person.
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Enjoyed your walk. 😊
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Thanks Irene.
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You write the most interesting posts, Rupali. Cherries are my favourite fruit, so I loved this!
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I am glad you like it Alison.
After the tour my love for local products has increased.
Thanks.
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This is so interesting and fun to read! And the photos are lovely! The fruits and veggies look soooooooooo delicious! 🙂
We got some yummy, sweet, dark cherries from the market last weekend! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Thank you Carolyn.
I made cherry preserves/jam and canned it.
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You’re welcome, Rupali!
OH! That sounds so yummy and you can enjoy it for months to come! 🙂 Unless you eat it all today! 😮 Ha! 😛 😉
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Haha! how you know what I did :D.
After canning jam I realized that we did not have fresh jam for pancakes we planned to make. So…..I had to make half a bottle for now 🙂
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The cherries look so appealing. It must be quite a job keeping off the insects and pests. Thanks for sharing…and tasting produce, fresh off the plants is certainly extra yummy, wouldn’t you say?
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Thats a yummy, juicy fresh visit…for senses as well as for the tummy!
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Indeed. For now my soul is at peace 🙂
Thanks Anagha.
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Nice to know about the Norwegian farm life. Interesting pics too 👍 Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks Sachin.
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it looks fun and I love cherries. I shall visit next time I go to Norway. thanks for the info.
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You should. Thanks for stopping by.
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Nice clicks .
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Thank you Aditya.
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I just had cherry without knowing much about it. For example the color texture…more the merrier – great tour.
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Thanks for the comment and enjoy your bowl of cherries.
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Thank you for this fabulous walk, Rupali! Very interesting article. 🙂
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Thank you or appreciating it Amy.
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Amazing how plants can thrive in such different continents and remain so sweet and beautiful. Adaptable nature!
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You are absolutely right but these farmers have to put extra efforts to keep the show running as weather is very unpredictable in the region. Since this year we have a long, warm and dry summer the cherries were in abundance.
Thank you for visiting my post.
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