Archive for March, 2010

A Climate for Change – Opportunities for Carbon-Efficient Farming

Posted on 16 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

The Teagasc Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions is pleased to announce an international conference entitled “A Climate for Change – Opportunities for Carbon-Efficient Farming” [...]

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LEADER partner search

Posted on 15 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

Longford Community Resources Limited are seeking partners for a project “to re-skill/up skill workers from a rural/small farmer/ex-construction worker context to meet future challenges and [...]

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Alternative Farm Enterprises: Moon Shine Dairy Farm

Posted on 11 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

Mullingar company Moon Shine Dairy Farm has once again been recognised as one of the finest food producers in Ireland, picking up a coveted Irish [...]

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Conference on Sustainable Building

Posted on 09 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

A conference entitled ‘Retrofitting and New Build in the New Environment’ will be held on the 23 rd of April in Thurles as part of [...]

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Commission steps up biomass use

Posted on 08 Mar 2010 | 1 Comment
National Rural Network

Those interested in the new Bioenergy Scheme might also be interested in the launch of a major research initiative by European Commission about the sustainable use [...]

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Northern Ireland hosts first UK Network

Posted on 04 Mar 2010 | 1 Comment
National Rural Network

Programme delivery and policy makers from across the UK will gather in Belfast later this month at the first UK National Rural Network (UK NRN) [...]

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Area under organic farming increased by 7.4% between 2007 and 2008 in the EU-27

Posted on 02 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

A recent Eurostat report shows that Organic farming in the EU27 covered 7.8 million hectares in 2008, up by 7% compared with 2007. Over a longer [...]

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An Asset-Based Approach to Community Development?

Posted on 01 Mar 2010 | 1 Comment
National Rural Network

According to a new paper from the Carnegie Trust, asset-based community development approaches help us to begin to open up possibilities for how we begin [...]

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New Sow Housing Scheme to be launched as part of revised Rural Development Programme

Posted on 01 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Mr Brendan Smith TD, will shortly announce details of the new Sow Housing Scheme, to be implemented as [...]

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