Tag: food
EFSA in 2016: making sure that food is safe for European...
EFSA has published its Annual Activity Report, presenting the results of its work carried out in 2016. From providing scientific risk assessments...
The gardening market in growth
Mike Neary, Manager of Horticulture with Bord Bia, details the host of programmes, shares
some positive news about Ireland’s flourishing gardening market
Every two years Bord...
Bord Bia
EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN 2016
In January Bord Bia launched its annual Export Performance and Prospects 2016-2017 Report which shows that overall exports are up +2%...
Stop Wasting Food
France passed food and packaging waste laws in 2016: banning single-use plastic bags and requiring supermarkets to donate unsold food to charity. They...
Big Food Threat, Small Food Opportunity
‘Big food faces annihilation unless it moves with millennials on health’ was the attention-grabbing the headline in a recent Guardian Sustainable Business article by Alison...
Pick your Phytes
Michael Gaffney peels back the layers of data surrounding the nutritional values of fruit and vegetable to find the future of Irish production may...
All the latest news from Teagasc
A SPROUT IS NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS
Brussels sprouts aren’t the most popular of vegetables – an annual outing with the Christmas turkey is most...
All the latest news from Bord Bia
BORD BIA SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE ASSURANCE SCHEME
The revision of the current Bord Bia Producer and Pre-packer standard for horticulture is near completion. The updated standard...
Horticultural health check
Independent consultant and Horticulture Industry Forum Coordinator, Stiofán Nutty, diagnoses some serious horticultural health problems and how the Forum is tackling them
The Horticulture Industry...