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After two years 'rife with upheaval' salmon farmer Grieg shoots for ambitious growth targets

International salmon farmer Grieg Seafood today confirmed ambitious plans for growth, targeting annual harvest volumes of 90,000 metric tons in 2022 and 120-135,000 metric tons in 2026.

Grieg harvested 75,600 metric tons in 2021. While representing a 6 percent increase over 2020, it fell short of the company's 80,000-metric-ton target.

The new targets reflect an expected harvest hike of 19 percent from last year and a five-year increase of up to 79 percent.

With traditional Norwegian netpen production at its limit, meeting these new targets will depend on successful utilization of the company's farming current capacity and on available expansion opportunities and new concepts.

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Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

Video: Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.