N.Ireland
The HSENI announced a series of advisory and inspection visits across the agri-food sector as part of its healthier workplaces campaign.
AHDB has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs' 'new approach to land use'.
Environment
Global nitrous oxide emissions from human activities have increased by 40% between 1980 and 2020, new research has found.
Other
A new art project "The Quickening" is set to explore farming, and food production in the face of present "ecological and climate crises".....
Rural Life
A free education programme that links farmers with schools across the country through Zoom calls - 'Farmer Time', has connected 2,500 studen
Agri-Business
Irish food production has increased by 5.6% between June and August 2023, when compared to the same period last year, the CSO has said.
Taxes, bans and product reformulations should be considered to encourage consumers to shift to a more plant-based diet, an EU report has said.
Pig/Poultry
The United States Department of Agriculture has granted approval for laboratory-grown chicken to be sold to US consumers.
Tillage
Charlie McConalogue, has acknowledged that Ireland’s tillage sector has lost out under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) regime.
The rapid development of flash droughts are predicted to occur on a global scale, according to a...
The discovery of plastic and muscle fibres in a consignment of surplus food imported as animal feed raises questions according to the IGGG.
Just over half (53%) of Irish consumers feel that climate impact is important when buying food, according to a new survey.
Agri Politics
More diverse regional and local food production is needed to safeguard food security in the EU, rapporteur Calbecki has said.
Food production increased by 8.6% from April to June, compared to the previous three-month period, according to the CSO.
Today marks 'Earth Overshoot Day' at which humanity has used all biological resources that the earth regenerates during a year.
Climate change policies shouldn't encourage a reduction in food supply in Europe and a change of mindset is needed around them
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine convened this evening...
Production agriculture must be seen as an industry delivering a key public good, according to the UFU at a recent press event.
Close to 40% of food and drink production in Ireland - valued at more than €25 billion - is by Irish-owned firms, according to the DAFM
Food production and trade is showing "resilience in the face of Covid-19" as job prospects in the sector fell by only 7% during the pandemic.
News that an airline has been bought by a consortium led by Petter Stordalen "exposes complete hypocrisy", according to the ICSA.
The production of fuel ethanol in Europe is sustainable and uses a small amount of land, a report launched in Dublin has heard.
"We want to be leaders in climate friendly food production and we can pave the way, not just in Europe, but across the world."
