The Sharing of the Green
2023’s Green Cities Europe Seminar, hosted in Ireland by Bord Bia on behalf of the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association (IHNSA), drew a significant...
Willows are a Win-Win
Mopping up sewage pollution, sequestering carbon and promoting biodiversity – willow wastewater systems are the solution we need for one-off houses in the countryside....
Respect for Spiraea
Paul Fitters and Dónall Flanagan update on results of Teagasc’s Spiraea quality trials and announce the worthy winners.
Teagasc have been running Spiraea quality trials...
Home Grown
Home Grown, the seven-part TV series sponsored by Bord Bia celebrating the Irish horticulture industry, aired on RTE1 for seven weeks from 7 November...
Urban Greening
Michal Slawski on the importance of The Green Cities Parklet at Bord Bia Bloom.
The Green Cities Europe campaign, co-funded by the European Union, actively...
‘Fresh, Local, Iin Season’
Bord Bia promoted fresh produce at Bord Bia Bloom and the Body & Soul Festival. WORDS: Lorcan Bourke.
Each year at Bord Bia Bloom, an...
Size Matters
Alberto Ramos Luz assesses the most important physiological and environmental factors impacting apple size.
Apple fruit size is an important factor from a commercial point...
HC Print Winter 2022 Contents
HC OUTLINE
NEWS
01 Editorial
BORD BIA
04 All the latest news from Bord Bia
TEAGASC
10 All the latest news from Teagasc
RESEARCH
14 ASH BREEDING FOR TOLERANCE TO DIEBACK DISEASE
Teagasc...
Editorial – HC Winter 2022
VALUE OURSELVES
Every business sector including print media is seeing production and service costs spiralling. Our summer edition saw printing production costs rise by over...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
GET YOUR VIT HIT WITH MUSHROOMS
This autumn, mushroom producers in Ireland - with the support of DAFM through the BAR (Brexit Adjustment Reserve)...