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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

What’s For Lunch? – John Stanley

The “Waitrose Food and Drink Report” was released in early November. This indicated that 50% of consumers decided at lunchtime on what they would...
online retailing

What you ABSOLUTELY have to know when selling or advertising food online

Mairead McKeown, Librarian & Information Specialist, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board Information is the foundation of strong brands and successful new products. Bord Bia...
Hamilton Loney and Barbara Erwin both Vice-Chairs of the N.I. Forum and I just before a meeting of the N.I. Horticulture Form in C & L Mushrooms, Mayobridge, Co Down.

Horticulture, Border and Brexit – Stiofán Nutty

Last Monday, As Co-ordinator of the Horticulture Industry Forum, I travelled North to visit a number of producers and to address a meeting of...
Earthworms

What is a healthy soil? – CAFRE

A healthy soil is vital to ensure both high grass and crop yields and environmental protection through carbon sequestration. Soil health can be defined...
The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm

The indoor leafy veg farm that runs itself – BBC News

A farm in Silicon Valley which is capable of autonomously growing and picking leafy greens is now operational. The BBC's Dave Lee met the company's...
food-dudes

Food Dudes programme – targets 100,000 school children in the current school year

The Food Dudes programme is a school based behaviour changing programme which encourages school children to taste and consume fruit and vegetables as part...
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DAFM Brexit – Latest news and information

Disorderly Brexit Trader Notice 2 - Trader Notice 04/2019 (pdf 374Kb)  Disorderly Brexit Trader Notices - Trader Notice 02/2019 (doc 85Kb) DAFMs Videos on Import...
Today, IPM Potato Group Ltd and Teagasc signed a new fifteen year agreement in Oak Park, Carlow. Pictured (Front Row) were: Marcel De Sousa, IPM Director; Ian Ireland; Managing Director, Donegal Investment Group; Gerry Boyle, Teagasc Director; Liam Herlihy, Teagasc Chairman; (Back Row) were: Colm McDonnell, R&D Manager, IPM; Denis Griffin, Potato breeder, Crops Science Department, Teagasc; Sean Mulvany, Head of Technology Transfer, Teagasc and John Spink, Head of Crops Environment and Land Use, Teagasc.

Potato partnership powers success

Teagasc and IPM Potato Group (IPM) have been collaborating since the early 1970s when they first formed a partnership to breed new varieties of...

Young and Keen? Join in the Young Horticulturist of the Year Quiz!

Young Horticulturist of the Year 2014 competition is starting with local heats. The Institute of Horticulture Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY) 2014...

An Taoiseach acknowledges the vital contribution of Agriculture and horticulture to the Irish economy

400 delegates from across Ireland’s agri-food sector participated at a conference today to develop a collective vision for the agri-food sector to 2030. Minister...