An interview with Ágúst Sigurðsson, director of Land and Forest Iceland, appeared in the year's first issue of the Icelandic agricultural biweekly paper Bændablaðið. The interview explores Ágúst’s career as a geneticist and his work in that field, but also as rector of LbhÍ with more. He tates in the interview that the foundational goal of the new institution will be to excel in improving Iceland’s vegetation and soil resources and to promote their sustainable use.