The Sweden Minister of Rural Affairs is Eskil Erlandsson. He was on our morning program here at the 2012 IFAJ Congress. After the morning session was completed he held a press conference which I recorded and have posted below.

One of the questions that I thought was interesting pertained to Sweden’s use of biofuels and making use of ethanol by-products to feed animals. There’s something you don’t hear much about in the U.S. media btw. Eskil says they have a very large ethanol plant in Sweden. He says it is a goal not only in Sweden but also in Europe to become more self sufficient from the need to import protein and protein crops. Using the by-products of biofuel production is one way they’re doing it.

You can listen to and download Eskil’s remarks at the press conference here: Press Conference with Eskil Erlandsson

2012 IFAJ Congress Photo Album