Tag: environment
HTA encourages membership commitment to building a sustainable future for horticulture
As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for COP26, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is working with its membership to encourage them to take the necessary...
FoodCloud seek Irish growers to participate in pilot project
FoodCloud seek Irish growers to participate in pilot project to reduce food waste at farm level.
New research indicates that over 40% of food produced...
AIPH announces Virtual International Horticultural Expo Conference
For the past 18 months, people have faced isolation challenges worldwide as they cope with the Covid-19 Pandemic. Many have sought and found harmony...
Minister Hackett launches Roadside Trees Guide
Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has today...
Minister Hackett announces publication of Forest Statistics Ireland 2021
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced the publication of the Department’s annual Forest...
Minister Hackett Chairs Fifth Forestry Policy Group Meeting
The Minister of State for Forestry, Senator Pippa Hackett last Thursday chaired the fifth meeting of the Forestry Policy Group which oversees the implementation...
Coillte to convert Knockranny Wood in Westport County Mayo to recreational...
Knockranny, known locally as Colonels wood, will be developed by Coillte as a ‘NeighbourWood’, into an accessible, close-to-home woodland amenity. The wood will be...
Doyle launches ‘Forest Connections’ project in Kerry
Andrew Doyle T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with responsibility for forestry, today launched a ‘Forest Connections’...
The Future is Bio, the Future is (Ful)bright
38 Students, Scholars & Professionals win Fulbright Awards to go to America
Thirty-Eight new Fulbright Irish Awardees were announced by Minister Charlie Flanagan of the...
Minister for Environment Launches Food Waste Charter
Andrew Mullins, Origin Green, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates currently that one-third of all food...