Inspirational ideas: Spruce needle juice - A product with health benefits which also adds value to the forest

More than half of Estonia is covered in rich forest, and spruce is one of the main tree species. Spruce forests are usually harvested for wood and many by-products from this industry go unused. The EcoSpruce project has been working on finding a commercial value for spruce needles which have been found to have medicinal and nutritional properties.

Read more

Read the full article in the fourth edition of Agrinnovation magazine (page 22). 

Download a copy to discover more inspirational stories, or order one or more printed copies of this magazine for free via the EU bookshop.