Sustainability

Jim O’ Toole, Chief Executive Officer of Bord Bia, Alistair Macrow, Chief Executive Officer of McDonald's UK & Ireland, Laura Henderson, Vice-President UK & Ireland Supply Chain of McDonald’s, John Phelan, ACTIVATE farmer and Niall Browne, Chief Executive Officer of Dawn Meats at the launch of the ACTIVATE sustainability programme

ACTIVATE initiative involves a total investment of €4.4 million over three years

CAFRE Farm Manager, Michael Graham and CAFRE LEAF Co-ordinator, Robert Beggs celebrating CAFRE’s continued success with LEAF accreditation.

LEAF Marque accreditation for 2024 is renewed

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Pictured at Brook Hall Estate & Gardens is George Higginson, Managing Director Northern Ireland and UK Strategic Partnerships at Bank of Ireland UK, David Gilliland of Brook Hall Estate & Gardens on Culmore Road, Londonderry and Richard Primrose Agri Business Manager for Bank of Ireland UK. (Pic: Lorcan Doherty)

Championing a sustainable agri sector

Bill Harpur with CAFRE Beef and Sheep Advisers Rachel Megarrell and Faith Stewart discussing the use of red clover swards in reducing fertiliser use throughout the grazing season in preparation for the technical farm walk to be held on Bills farm.

CAFRE to hold series of beef and sheep farm walks

Bill Harpur with CAFRE Beef and Sheep Advisers Rachel Megarrell and Faith Stewart discussing the use of red clover swards in reducing fertiliser use throughout the grazing season in preparation for the technical farm walk to be held on Bills farm.

CAFRE to hold series of beef and sheep farm walks

Strangford Down Chairman John Martin welcomes Dr Esther Skelly-Smith who, when elected President of the Northern Ireland Branch of British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the President of the North Of Ireland  Veterinary Association (NIVA), gave evidence to the House of Lords European Affairs Select Committee Windsor Framework Sub- Committee and warned that veterinary access to medicines for zoonotic diseases including leptospirosis and salmonella could be affected. Dr Skelly-Smith has a well established veterinary practice at Katesbridge and also has a flock of sheep on the family farm.

Sustainability highlighted at Strangford Down group meeting

Strangford Down board members Sam Chesney, Crosby Cleland and Chairman John Martin welcome guest speakers Aveen McMullan who will be developing support for the sheep sector of the new scheme and Dr Rosemary Agnew who is the Director of Transition Policy within DAERA and leads on the development of future agricultural policy in Northern Ireland.

Sustainability highlighted at Strangford Down group meeting

Stephen Bell - Fane Valley Agronomy and Forage, Technical Support Manager, discusses Spring Cereal varieties. (Pic: Fane Valley)

Spring cropping – Sustainability starts with Certified seed

Dairy Council CEO Ian Stevenson (left) with John Gilliland OBE, Professor in Agriculture and Sustainability at Queen’s University Belfast. (Pic: Dairy Council NI)

Dairy Council supports collaboration on journey to more sustainable food system

Ulster Bank's Cormac McKervey

A sustained increase in milk price is on the cards

Daryl McLaughlin. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

New NIMEA chief is appointed

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

The world’s biggest billboard lays in a field of British spuds

Mango has announced plans to open more UK stores in 2023

Fashion retailer to open 13 new UK stores in 2023 - list of locations

Fashion retailer Mango has announced plans to open more UK stores in 2023 - here’s where you can expect to see them

Chelsie Sewell

British surfing champion Lucy Campbell says sport needs to be greener

Shoppers are being warned Brexit rules could lead to empty supermarket shelves

Shoppers warned Brexit rules could lead to empty supermarket shelves

Farming Life news

The Rock Review should be compulsory reading for farm policy makers here

Patrick McLaughlin, NIGTA president at the Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association annual dinner. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

NIGTA president confirms 12 months of great volatility for agri-supply sectors

Japanese Knotweed. (Pic credit: Andrew Smith)

Japanese Knotweed: New research into tackling invasive weed published

CAFREs' Great Agri-Food Debate Team. Back row from left to right: BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Technology students Joel McCluggage, Ballymena and Barry Woods, Raphoe, Co. Donegal. Front row left to right: BSc (Hons) in Food Business Management students Bethany Boyd, Cookstown and Katie McFettridge, Ballymena; BSc (Hons) in Food Technology students Anna Ramsey, Ballymoney and Orlagh McGovern, Omagh and BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Technology student Conal McCafferty, Ballymena.

CAFRE to join in the ‘Great Agri-Food Debate’

Study reveals the best cars for young drivers to buy in 2023

Rodney Brown, head of agriculture, Danske Bank, Patrick Flynn, CAFRE technology demonstration farm host, YFCU president, Peter Alexander, John McLenaghan, deputy president, Ulster Farmers Union, and Paul Clingan, agribusiness manager, Danske Bank

Popular evening conference is held at Loughry College by YFCU

Queen Mary wearing the crown which will be used during the coronation in May (Photo: Royal Family)

Queen Consort to wear crown of Queen Mary during Coronation

Pictured from left to right: Nick Whelan, Group Chief Executive Dale Farm, Paul Vernon, Chief Executive Glanbia Cheese, Dr Mike Johnston MBE PhD, Chief Executive DCNI, and Michael Hanley, Chief Executive Lakeland Dairies.

Sustainability will underpin Dairy Council agenda throughout 2023 and beyond

Preston scored just 3.27 out of 10 for healthcare due to having one hospital and one health clinic serving a population of 313,332.

Sexual assault survivors turned away from overstretched crisis centres

Some UK rape crisis centres have admitted to year-long waiting lists and even having to turn people awa

Benjamin Jackson

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

An example of a ‘modern’ Christmas dinner tablescape in silver and white. Pic: @elleandmavenue on Instagram.

Six of the best cheap Christmas dinner table styling hacks

Half of adults admit to buying lower-quality items in order to cut costs

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Winner of Great British Bake Off 2016 Candice Brown (Photo: Joe Pepler/PinPep)

How to get paid to sample food and drink for Heineken SmartDispense

Pride of Britain Hotels - The Athenaeum

Pride of Britain Hotels commits to the future

CAFRE Horticulture Technologists, James Crawford and Lucille Gilpin, showing LEAF assessor Vince Dempsey an innovative and environmentally sustainable production method for leafy

CAFRE farms benefit from 15 years of LEAF Marque accreditation

Pictured L-R is Don Holland and Dorothea Holland from Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend participating farm D&D Holland, Lauren Truesdale Sustainability Projects Manager for LMC and David Brown Ulster Farmers’ Union President

LMC partners with Open Farm Weekend to raise the profile of NI Farm Quality Assu...

Dairy supply chainefficiencies: helping totackle climate change

This is the 'must-have' element of modern kitchens

Farm and Farm Shop owner Graham Collett in front of the water reservoir.

Farm shop builds 2,500,000 litre reservoir

Four in 10 Brits have ditched fast fashion and switched to more sustainable shop...

Sustainability lies at the heart of our business!

Professor Geoff McMullan, Head of the School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Dr John Gilliland, Devenish Nutrition, and Professor Nigel Scollan, Director of the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University

Agrifood thought leader appointed as Queen’s ‘Professor of Practice’

These are the top 10 environmental terms that people are least likely to underst...

38 sustainability terms that are frequently used – but not always understood

Precision nutrition reduces emissions

CAFRE celebrates commitment to LEAF Marque accreditation

Galloway bull on the Dougherty farm

Uplands sustainable farming

Val and Drew McConnell

Sustainability in practice

Richard Lilburn, owner of Brookvale Farm in Dromore

Barclays Agri-Tech £250m fund

£645,000 for environmental projects

Minister Edwin Poots is pictured with Jack Blakiston Houston at his farm where they use a range of environmentally friendly techniques that also increase profitability and reduce waste.

Poots plans ‘Green Growth’ approach for NI businesses

Milk productivity is enhanced by including clover in grazing swards

Sustainable swards for a sustainable future

The EU could ban British sausages as a result of Brexit

Investment rises as farming confidence grows

LMC CEO, Ian Stevenson

A crucial element in global sustainability

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 25th May 2016 - New DUP Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Sustainability is a key priority for DAERA