Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Kenneth Høegh, and Senior Arctic Official for the Kingdom of Denmark, Torsten Kjølby Nielsen, visited the office of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) and the Secretariat of the World Reindeer Herders (WRH) in Guovdageaidnu, where they learned more about our work, ongoing projects, and our efforts to support reindeer herding communities across the Arctic.

31 PhD students from the Calotte Academy visited ICR and our NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab to share knowledge and experiences with communities, and foster academic and policy-oriented dialogue among members of the research community and a wide range of other northern stakeholders.

Under the 2025 theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”, the WFF took place from 13 to 17 October 2025 at the headquarters of the UN FAO in Rome, Italy, at the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems (Global-Hub).

For the fourth year in a row, the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab returned to Arendalsuka, creating a unique space where Arctic perspectives, Indigenous voices, and culinary traditions met in the heart of Arendal. From August 11–15, 2025, visitors found our Lavvo at Kittelsbukt, where lively debates, meaningful conversations, and traditional Sámi food welcomed participants from across Norway and beyond.

The NOMAD Indigenous Foodlab with the World´s largest lavvo (Sámi reindeer herders´ nomadic tent) was at the MICHELIN Guide Ceremony 2025 in Denmark.

International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry brought the NOMAD Indigenous Kitchen to the market in Burfjord on June 12, 2025 in connection with the visit of the Norwegian Royal Couple.

Under the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council, the first Arctic Youth Conference was held in Tromsø from 24-26 of January.

In connections with the Stortinget’s (Norwegian Parliament) consideration of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report Stortinget Presidency and ICR set up the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab in front of the Stortinget in Oslo from 11 to 12 of November.

NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab was twice a participant of the Denmark’s largest food festival in Århus in 2023 and 2024.

The NOMAD Indigenous Foodlab with the World´s largest lavvo (Sámi reindeer herders´ nomadic tent) is placed outside the Bocuse d’Or 2024 event in Trondheim Spektrum on March 19th and 20th.

186 Indigenous Youth travelled from the seven socio-cultural regions and met in person in FAO Rome at the two tents of the NOMAD Indigenous Foodlab that was brought the from the Arctic and Denmark and installed inside the FAO to create an Indigenous Peoples ́ territory capable of hosting fundamental discussions with the Indigenous Youth.

NOMAD Indigenous Foodlab takes part in Arendal Week since 2022

Jokkmokk Winter market and celebration of the Sáminuorra 60 years since its establishment. Sáminuorra is the Sámi national youth organization in the Swedish part of Sápmi.

In Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) ICR and WRH together with the Sámi University of Applied Sciences and Research Council of Norway co-organized the academic conference on the traditional knowledge of reindeer husbandry in a changing world.

“NOMAD FoodLab tent at FAO shows the power of Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems, which combine traditional knowledge of food with new tech and innovation to address today’ s challenges. Thank you Norway for supporting Arctic Indigenous Peoples” - tweeted FAO Director-General QU Dongyu

Food Lab was brought to Varangerbotn—a small village in Nesseby Municipality renowned for its deep-rooted Sámi culture, reindeer herding, and fishing traditions.

The NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab was brought to Guovdageaidnu from Denmark for the first time and was opened at the main office of ICR.