Dr. Sinead Neiland IOFGA Chairperson, Desmond Thorpe, Sean Clancy and Grace Maher all met with Minister McEntee on Thursday 29th of September at Agriculture House. The meeting was extensive and covered a number of important issues. The main focus was on how best to work together to develop organic farming in Ireland to meet and [...]
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TV3 and National Organic Week
This year Bord Bia have partnered with TV3 to promote National Organic Week. You will find lots of features about organic food and interviews with IOFGA producers. Ralf Haslam of Mossfield Organic Cheese was the featured producer at the launch of National Organic Week on Ireland AM. To view some of the clips follow the [...]
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National Organic Food Award Winners
Congratulations to all IOFGA winners at the National Organic Food Awards announced on September 12th. There was a 100% increase in the number of entrants to the awards this year to well done to all. The IOFGA winners were Best Organic Dairy: Glenisk Greek Style Low-Fat Rhubarb Yogurt from Glenisk, Offaly Best Organic Prepared Food [...]
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no2gm Campaign launches Sunday October 16th!
Sunday October 16th is UN World International Food Day and to mark it no2gm are offically launching their anti-GM campaign. Renowned chef Clodagh McKenna will open the event at the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Food Market in The People’s Park, Dún Laoghaire at 12 noon. no2gm is a non-political, voluntary, not-for-profit organization made up of citizens and [...]