Agri Politics
Astronauts have grown cabbage on the International Space Station
Astronauts have successfully grown cabbage on the International Space Station, having previously grown lettuce and flowers. NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson...
Agri Politics
Astronauts have successfully grown cabbage on the International Space Station, having previously grown lettuce and flowers. NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson...
Agri-Business
There is only one grower of iceberg lettuce left in Ireland, according to IFA Vegetable Committee Chairman Paul Brophy. It’s...
Agri-Business
As part of a new research project to increase the consumption of vegetables, leaflets on how consumers can eat less...
Agri-Business
The IFA has accused supermarkets of below cost selling practises, in light of the decision taken by a number of...
Agri-Business
BelOrta is one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in Europe and in 2015 the Belgian co-op generated...
Tillage
Only 1% of Irish farms grow vegetables which is the lowest percentage across all other Member States in the EU,...
Agri-Business
There appears to be an increasing push at European level for fruit and vegetable growers to establish Producer Organisations. The...
Agri-Business
Shoppers under the age of 35 are buying less fresh produce (fruit and vegetables) than they were two years ago,...
Agri Politics
EU agri-food exports rose slightly in January compared to January 2015 to €9.3 billion, according to the latest monthly statistical report...
Agri-Business
In response to a protest held by the IFA outside Aldi in Finglas yesterday, Aldi Ireland has said that it...
Agri-Business
Lidl and Aldi have been accused of gross hypocrisy by slashing the price of fresh produce below the cost of production while...
Agri-Business
Irish vegetable growers are in crisis due to a combination of continuing low farmgate prices and the on-going adverse weather...
Agri-Business
Retailers are set to slash the price of vegetables next week, according to Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Agriculture Eamon O...
Rural Life
Some 33% of parents have admitted to bribing their children to eat vegetables, according to a survey from Tesco. A...
Agri-Business
Fruit and vegetables account for 14.3% of the total grocery spend in Ireland, Bord Bia says. Quoting figures from Kantar...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said that he does not want to see food being sold for ‘half nothing’...
Agri-Business
Retail vegetable prices are holding up well, but the next few days will be critical, according to Teagasc Horticulture Advisor Stephen Alexander....
Agri Politics
Non-harmonised taxes on high sugar, salt and fat products such as soft drinks, sweet and salty foodstuffs do induce a...