May 17, 2021 10:52 am
A number of food waste-reduction projects have received funding through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConologue, has announced that €180,000 will be allocated to help reduce the waste that is generated by businesses, retailers and wholesalers, or suppliers in rural areas.
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Clean Technology Centre, Cork Institute of Technology (CTC-CIT) has been granted
€59,900 to provide an online training programme for the industry for national roll out to tackle waste in businesses;
Food Cloud has been granted
€59,400 for its project that seeks to investigate the potential for increasing surplus food redistribution from the Irish horticulture sector;
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue. \Philip Doyle
Food waste reduction projects are to receive almost €180,000 in funding under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has announced.
Minister McConalogue said the projects would “contribute to our commitment to reduce the amount of food we waste in accordance with the United Nations sustainable development goals, including SDG 12.3, which calls on all nations to halve food waste and reduce food loss by 2030 .
“These initiatives will further enhance the work previously funded to identify, target and address what is a rapidly growing issue not just here in Ireland but globally.
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Tipperary Food Producers Network is among 18 national agri-food initiatives to receive Department of Agriculture funding.
A total of €275,000 is being handed out under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund to support the agri-food tourism sector and build on progress already made.
€13,600 of that fund has been given to Tipperary Food Producers Network, a community of local food companies which also offers farm tours and experiences.
Chair of the network, Con Traas, says the bulk of the money will go towards online marketing.
“What we came up with was a concept whereby we would get filming done in locations such as hotel kitchens or restaurant kitchens or wherever where they would prepare something using Tipperary Food Producer Network member products. “