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...
Blockchain technology can play a key role in protecting food integrity
Increasing globalisation, and pressures to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, has increased food supply chain complexity, and given rise to concerns about black swan...
Deadline for 2019 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture...
The Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector grant aids capital investments in specialised plant and equipment in the horticulture sector....
DAFM scheme of investment aid for commercial horticulture sector 2019
As part of the recent October budget, a provision was made for a horticultural grants scheme for 2019. This scheme is a significant support...
Mushrooms complement everything – Bord Bia
The €2,050,000 ‘Mushrooms Complement Everything’ campaign over three years commenced in April. It runs in the UK and Ireland, and is very heavily based...
Retail Gardening: Swedish retailers are starting to grow herbs under their stores – Bord...
William McGrath, Amsterdam Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
As Ron Finley once said in his Ted Talk on Gorilla Gardening - “To Grow your own...
DAFM highlighting plant health & bio-security with public awareness raising campaign
As part of the Departments Plant Health Strategy, the "Don't Risk it!" plant health and biosecurity awareness raising a campaign was launched at Bloom...
Mushroom research – Teagasc
Eoin O’Connor is a Teagasc Walsh Fellow in the final year of his Ph.D. studies, which are being done in collaboration with Teagasc’s Mushroom...
Grant opportunities for 2019 from Bord Bia
Bord Bia provides financial support to Irish food, drink and horticulture companies through our Marketing Assistance and Step Change programmes.
Both initiatives can enhance the...
Labour shortages in horticulture – Teagasc
Following an initial survey in January 2018 on labour shortages in horticulture, Teagasc Horticulture Development Department commissioned a detailed report on the horticultural labour...
