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SuperValu call on Galway’s finest food and drink producers to join the Food Academy
SuperValu is calling on Galway’s budding food and drink producers to join this year’s Food Academy Programme. This is a huge opportunity for those who have a fantastic idea for a food or beverage product but need support from experts in the industry to launch their business.
Westmeath food start-ups sought for accelerator programme
Food Works, Ireland’s leading accelerator programme for food and drink start-ups, is seeking to identify a number of high potential start-up food teams from County Westmeath with a strong business idea to take part in Food Works 2017.
Sunshine and the best food in the west attracts record vistors over Easter
A record 70,000 visitors attended the third Galway Food Festival during the Easter weekend to delight in food tastes from the west.
Feasta Bia food ambassador of the year
This award was presented to Cait Curran earlier this month in recognition of her work in producing, training, and supporting local organic foods. Cait Curran has her own stall at the Saturday Galway market and she has been the project manager for Garrai na Oileain, an association promoting organic market gardening in offshore islands. She is also involved in the slow food movement and is editor of Organic Matters, a magazine dedicated to all things organic. The award was presented by Minister for Agriculture Food and Marine Simon Coveney. Feasta Bia is all about local food production and consumption, and through various initiatives it hopes to help increase these areas by 20 per cent over the next few years.
A tasty trail of Galway’s leading producers at Féasta Bia
Galway’s leading artisan food producers are joining forces to promote local produce with a special Féasta Bia celebration weekend this weekend.
Poverty comes from governments, not people
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EU cannot drag its feet regarding food security warns Aylward
Speaking today in the European Parliament Agriculture Committee Liam Aylward MEP strongly defended the need for the EU to support European agriculture and European farmers in order to ensure food security.
NUI Galway scientists to lead crop research in developing world
Details of funding for crop research involving collaborations between NUI Galway Botany and Plant Science and leading agricultural research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in the developing world have been announced this week.
