The Norwegian Poultry Association (Norwegian: Norsk Fjørfelag) is the largest Norwegian professional association for poultry farming, with approximately 950 members organised into 12 regional teams as of 2018.[1]
Norsk Fjørfelag | |
 Logo of Norsk Fjørfelag | |
| Formation | 27 June 1884 |
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| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Chairman | Ingunn Dalaker Øderud |
Deputy Chairman | Tone Steinsland |
| Website | nfl |
History
editThe Norwegian Poultry Association was founded on 27 June 1884 as the Norwegian Poultry Breeding Association (Norwegian: Norsk fjørfeavlslag).[1]
The association's first concern after formation was improving the quality of the Norwegian chicken stock, and began to import chickens from abroad.[2]
21st Century
editIn November 2019, the association attributed a decline in the consumption of white meat in Norway to a rise in vegetarianism.[3]
Ingunn Dalaker Øderud became the association's first female chairperson in March 2021, succeeding Kolbjørn Frøseth.[4]
In May 2020, the association called for economic support from the Minister of Agriculture and Food for poultry farmers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Norsk Fjørfelag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Druglitrø, Tone (2016). "When the Battery Cage Came to Norway". Animal Housing and Human-Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures. 12 May 2016: Taylor & Francis. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-317-52468-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Sandbu, Anders (13 November 2019). "Mener vegetartrenden har rammet norsk fjørfenæring". Bondebladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Ingunn Dalaker Øderud ny leder i Norsk Fjørfelag". Landbruk24 (in Norwegian). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ Hagen, Lars Bilit (1 May 2020). "Fjørfebøndene etterlyser tiltak: – Økonomisk krise". Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2021.