First meeting of the National Bioeconomy Forum
Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Martin Heydon T.D., along with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, today provided the opening addresses to the 1st meeting of the National Bioeconomy Forum.
Speaking today, Minister Heydon said:
‘Producing sustainable and renewable biological resources from our farms, forests and seas, and focusing on the prioritised use of this biomass through biorefining to create innovative, high value biobased products including food, feed, alternative biobased chemicals and materials is a key business opportunity I want to see developed to the benefit of the agri-food sector. These products will replace and reduce our dependence on fossil based resources and most importantly generate sustainable new economic opportunities for farmers, foresters and fishers, as well as for young and skilled rural entrepreneu