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Food Feature: key ingredient for rural food tourism is community
Janine Kennedy
There are many people working, often behind the scenes, to ensure local food stories leave a memorable mark on the overall visitor experience – such as the Samhain Festival, writes Janine Kennedy.
6 November 2024 News
Swiss farms ‘at standstill’ on environmental progress
Environmental progress in Switzerland is not fast enough to catch up with the huge problems we have, a sociologist specialising in agroecology in Switzerland has said.
6 November 2024 Farmer Writes
How Swiss farmers keep society on their side
Claire McCormack reports from the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress in Switzerland.
Glanbia creates new cheese and whey segment, says it's not for sale
New business segment comes as part of change in the company’s operating model
6 November 2024 News
Sourcing Irish-only food for school meals breaches EU rules - Humphreys
It comes after dairy farmers and farming representative organisations criticised that cheese supplied to children under the school meals programme is of Dutch origin.
6 November 2024 News
Glanbia splits cheese and whey business into new segment
Announcement came as part of company’s third quarter results.
6 November 2024 News
Dairy Trends: butter and whole milk powder rally
Butter and whole milk powder regained some of the ground lost in recent weeks as the dairy market begins to stabilise, writes Aidan Brennan.
30 October 2024 Markets
Cheese heist in England
Neal's Yard Dairy in London was conned by scammers and delivered more than 950 wheels of the artisan cheese to fraudsters who said they were wholesale distributors.
30 October 2024 News
Dutch cheese in school meals an insult to Irish dairy - ICMSA
The ICMSA has received reports that some cases of the cheese supplied to the school meals scheme, operated by the Department of Social Protection, are Dutch cheddar.
30 October 2024 News
Dairy Trends: butter continues its downward trajectory
Butter prices continue to slip in Europe, with prices back €650/t on the peak price of just a few weeks ago.
23 October 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: European and GDT prices all steady
Butter prices were more or less unchanged in both Europe and at the Global Dairy Trade auction this week.
16 October 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: butter prices fall sharply this week
Butter prices took the biggest hit on the European spot market this week as the market reacts to a change in sentiment writes Aidan Brennan.
9 October 2024 Markets