Earlier this year, following a public consultation on Green Public Procurement, Ireland’s first Green Public Procurement Action Plan (Green Tenders) was jointly launched by the Minister for the Environment and the Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform. The overall objective of Green Tenders is to assist public authorities to successfully plan and implement green public [...]
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IOFGA WELCOMES THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPENING OF THE ORGANIC FARMING SCHEME FOR 2012
IOFGA are delighted with the announcement of the continuation of the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) for 2012. Gillian Westbrook, General Manager, IOFGA stated “we welcome the announcement of the opening of the OFS, as IOFGA has a lot of farmers who are keen to enter organic farming. We are experiencing continued confidence in the sector [...]
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IOFGA welcomes the decision to pay organic farmers in the AEOS and OFS
IOFGA are delighted with the decision made by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) to honour the contracts made with organic farmers who are in both the AEOS and the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS). DAFM had decided to withdraw payments for the parcels of land designated as Species Rich Grassland, Traditional Hay [...]
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Organic producers welcome new information about the effects of pesticides on bees
In the past couple of weeks three new studies have been released which collectively point the finger at a commonly used nerve agent pesticide for the collapse of bee colonies worldwide. Results from a study conducted by scientists in the Harvard School of Public Health and released in the US last week stated that Imidacloprid, [...]