Tag: Horticulture
Grow Cook Eat – Bord Bia
Bord Bia is a joint sponsor with the EPA (and their stop food waste campaign) of the new
TV series Grow Cook Eat which commenced...
Amenity crop exports 2017 – Bord Bia
The value of exports from the amenity sector was estimated at over €17m in 2017 which
was an increase on the previous year. Amenity horticulture...
Mushrooms complement everything – Bord Bia
In 2017 a successful application to seek EU funding for a new €2m promotion campaign over three years in the UK and Ireland market...
Nursery stock meeting – Teagasc
The spring nursery stock meeting was held in Portlaoise on 7 March. It was very well attended and a lot of good discussions followed,...
Mushroom growers embracing Lean Farm Programme – Teagasc
The Commercial Mushroom Producers Organisation has launched the Lean Farm Programme for mushroom growers. Lean is about driving continuous improvement to enable businesses to...
Appointments – Teagasc
In November 2017, Teagasc appointed Ivan Donnelly as Horticulture Technician, the latest member of the horticultural staff at Kildalton College. He replaces Brian Lyons...
Fusarium meeting at Ashtown – Teagasc
An unusual meeting took place at Ashtown on 16 February. Unusual in that only one small group of growers were invited – lettuce producers...
Events – Teagasc
One of the events being run for the industry is the berry seminar to be held at the Teagasc centre in Ashtown on 18...
IHNSA Trolley Fair at Kildalton College – Teagasc
On 27 February, Kildalton College hosted the first of this year’s trolley fairs organised by the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association (IHNSA). The threatening...
Bord Bia event to deliver €40 million in new business for...
Today (Monday, 9th April) marks the official start of Marketplace International 2018, a global food buyers event organised by Bord Bia to drive new business for Ireland’s...