'A part of me was always here': falling in love with sheep-farming in the Norwegian fjords

Small-scale family farming in Norway is in decline, but this has not dissuaded one woman from taking on her father's sheep farmRowdy flock: a daughter, her dreams and a sheep farm in NorwayThe small village of Engan lies perched on the hillside above the fjord of Kobbelvv?gen, north of the Arctic Circle in Norway. After the dark and snowy winter, its terrain is a blanket of green in the spring and summer months, providing an ideal feeding ground for Rakel Nystabakk's flock of sheep."It's so cool that they can walk around by themselves for the whole summer grazing everything - herbs, mushrooms and land that we cannot make food from. They're so well built for this landscape," she says. Continue reading...