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Food production
What do changing rainfall patterns mean for the world’s nourishing grasslands?
Breakfast porridge, our daily bread and rice sustaining more than half of the world’s population are all bred from natural grasses
Golden Bake to create 25 jobs in new €10m plant
Frozen food company‘s workforce to increase from 110 to 135
Greencore signs up 69% of Bakkavor shareholders for recommended £1.2bn deal
Dublin-based sandwich maker upgrades profit forecast
Ireland needs multi-functional farms with biodiversity benefits. But how can they be supported?
Calls grow for farming supports to help landowners push ahead with national climate goals
Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum
Recent high-profile corporate backtracking from climate commitments shows the fragility of pledges when attention and accountability drift
Let’s put a real kitchen in every school. We could use some of the Apple taxes
Imagine cooking well from raw ingredients as part of the curriculum in those schools. We could have hens too
Food safety complaints: Spider in bread, insect in burrito bowl and muesli ‘full of maggots’ among consumer reports
FSAI says people raising inappropriate and unsafe food and practices is ‘vitally important’
Tesco reports profits increase as Irish sales near €3.5bn
Tesco reported a growth in their Irish market share to 24 per cent.
Paludiculture could see Ireland’s peatlands store vast amounts of carbon and yield profit
University of Galway leads EU-funded project exploring wetland farming technique’s dual potential
Farmers and urban dwellers equally worried by climate change and willing to act, ESRI study finds
Research points to significant knowledge gap on actions needed to reduce carbon emissions
Fertiliser sales jump 11%, which may undermine Irish case for retaining EU nitrates derogation
Sales spike in 2024 after two years of declines
Misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories are not exclusive to the political right
From GM foods to nuclear power, there is no shortage of incorrect and harmful messaging on the left side of the spectrum
Agricultural output keeps rising as milk prices surge
CSO figures show milk contributed an additional €575 million (16%) to the value of output
‘They see Paddington eating it, it must be good’: Wexford marmalade makers on ensuring it’s not just the preserve of the old
Wexford Home Preserves produces more than two dozen jams and marmalades, and has increased production from 800 to nearly 4,000 jars a day
Irish dairy and beef sectors have the tools to tackle methane emissions
Suitable new feed additives in these islands must allow for animals to be outdoors
Five ways to slash Ireland’s looming multi-billion euro climate fines
Two advisory councils outline gross failures to face up to climate realities
Top Irish food and drink products and people for 2025 are named
Jane and Louis Grubb of Cashel Blue win Lifetime Achievement award
SlimFast’s rise and fall: Why Glanbia is moving to offload product
Glanbia's once-popular weight-loss product has fallen out of favour with consumers
Failure to meet 2030 climate targets ‘to bring higher energy costs for consumers, businesses’
Ireland’s changing climate is having significant impact on coastlines, land use and natural resources, officials say
Fava beans: the future of sustainable food production in Ireland?
Europe is looking to high-protein plant crop yields to reduce reliance on imported plant proteins and enhance food security
Decline in nitrate levels and sewage pollution found in Irish coastal areas
Coastwatch survey finds nitrate levels were lowest since 2012, while raw sewage discharges also declined
Farming for and with nature has entered the mainstream
As CAP payments are oriented towards sustainability, nature-friendly farming can secure reliable funding for farms in an increasingly unreliable global marketplace
Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex review: Morality and lasciviousness on a plate
Rachel Hope Cleves serves up racy account of Anglo-American and French dining proclivities
Young Scientist exhibition winners: Three Kerry sisters develop app to improve emergency response
Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level
Hot school meals scheme: ‘We are institutionalising consumption of ultra-processed food in our children’
Q&A with food analyst Ruth Hegarty: ‘There is a nutrition standard for hot school meals provided by the Government, but there is no oversight of this’
Ireland’s future weather will be even warmer and wetter than predicted, scientists warn
Supercomputer helps deliver more accurate indication of what the future holds for Ireland’s climate with new indications on regional impacts
Golden rice could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year
Evidence on the genetically modified crop is overwhelming: it poses no dangers while offering fantastic life-saving potential
Ireland can play pivotal role in ensuring global food security while meeting challenge of an overheating planet
If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities
‘Health claims on food packaging can’t always be believed’: Nutrition coach Sophie Morris takes us shopping
Sophie Morris has become a hit on Instagram, where she opens people’s eyes about the ultra-processed foods we eat. The good news? Healthier is not always pricier
Irish greenhouse gas emissions down 2.2% in first quarter, notes EPA
New series of quarterly bulletins to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action
How the World Eats by Julian Baggini: The global food system ‘is broken and we need to fix it urgently’
For the most part, the arguments are both readable and reasonable
Mayo meat plant’s licence to burn animal waste in new incinerator to be reviewed on dangerous emissions rule
Environmental Protection Agency is scrutinising terms of permit for Dawn Meats in Ballyhaunis
Use of best-before dates on produce should be prohibited to reduce food waste, says committee
Move would allow ‘customers to exercise their own judgment to decide on food quality’
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