Archive for October, 2009
Information Evening for smallholders and farmers in Co. Longford
Posted on 30 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments
An information evening for smallholders and farmers in Co. Longford will be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 25th November 2009 at the EDI Centre, Mastertech [...]
Read More »Commission proposes concrete actions to improve functioning of the food supply chain in the EU
Posted on 29 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments The European Commission has agreed a Communication that aims to improve the functioning of the food supply chain in Europe. The recent sharp decline in [...]
Read More »The 2009/10 JFC Innovation Awards for Rural Business is open for entries
Posted on 27 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments JFC, Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture & Rural Affairs NI, Comhar LEADER na Eireann and the Irish Farmers Journal have just announced the JFC Innovation [...]
Read More »Farmers’ Markets Good Practice Standard awarded to 26 markets
Posted on 27 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments With the aim of increasing the profile and level of sales of farm produce at Farmers’ Markets, and to to encourage more direct selling between [...]
Read More »Irish Farmers Markets – A Technical Survey
Posted on 22 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments A recent survey of 17 Irish Farmer Markets revealed that stallholders are extremely positive regarding the long term viability of the markets.
Read More »LEADER transnational cooperation projects (October 09)
Posted on 16 Oct 2009 | 0 Comments We have just received the latest list of European LEADER companies seeking other LEADER companies to cooperate in transnational project. Please find a link to [...]
Read More »Ceiliúradh ’09: Creating Resilient Rural Communities
Posted on 14 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments How can our communities plan for the future? How can we benefit from local food? What about building local economies? These are just some of [...]
Read More »Rural Ireland in Uncertain Times
Posted on 13 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments I was one of the many attendees at the ‘Rural Ireland in Uncertain Times’ conference hosted by Teagasc last Thursday. For me, one of the [...]
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