Agri-Business
Lisavaird Food Group announces Origin Green membership
Lisavaird Food Group, which includes JDS Foods, Coolmore Foods, Glenmar Shellfish, and Glen Aine Food, has announced its membership in...
Origin Green
Agri-Business
Bord Bia: SBLAS members see 8% cut in CO2 per unit of beef
The positive impacts of food sustainability schemes run by Bord Bia were recently highlighted to those involved in meat production...
Beef
Bord Bia QA recommendation 'potentially a case for CCPC' - ICSA
Proposals that are understood to have been tabled by Bord Bia in relation to Origin Green are “potentially a matter”...
Beef
Origin Green revamp may see QA farms only buying QA cattle
Ongoing talks on the reform of Bord Bia’s Origin Green standards have seen a recommendation tabled that, if followed through...
Agri-Business
97 companies secure Origin Green Gold Membership
Bord Bia has acknowledged the sustainability performance of 97 Irish food and drink companies that have attained Origin Green Gold...
Environment
Bord Bia appoints new sustainability manager
Bord Bia has announced the appointment of Martin Hofler to the position of senior sustainability manager at the agency. In...
Beef
10 million Europeans to be targeted in Irish beef promotion
Bord Bia is targeting more than 10 million European consumers with Irish beef promotions as this year’s most influential food...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia: More than 650 farm audits delivered each week in 2022
More than 330,000 carbon assessments have taken place on Irish beef and dairy farms, according to latest figures contained in...
Agri-Business
Starch innovation merits awards for Meade Farm
The quality and innovation behind its potato starch saw Meade Farm, based in Lobinstown, Co. Meath, recently recognised across four...
Agri-Business
Aurivo recognised for sustainability at Origin Green awards
Aurivo Co-operative has been awarded ‘Gold Membership’ at Bord Bia’s Origin Green awards for achieving sustainability targets. This is the...
Agri-Business
Kepak retains sustainability status at Origin Green awards
Kepak Group has once again secured ‘Gold Membership’ at Bord Bia’s prestigious Origin Green Awards, achieving exemplary status in a...
Agri-Business
80% of Bord Bia companies want more sustainability training
Bord Bia has today (Tuesday, June 28) launched a new sustainability programme targeted at Irish food, drink and horticulture business...
Agri-Business
McConalogue: Origin Green 'really important' for getting into markets
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said that the Origin Green programme devised by Bord Bia...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia to 'revamp' farm standards over next two years
Bord Bia has confirmed that it is to overhaul its farm standards over the next two years. During the food...
Agri-Business
Origin Green members record emissions reductions
Origin Green members are “continuing to make progress” across a range of sustainability initiatives. The Origin Green Progress Update Report...
Agri-Business
1 in 4 global beef consumers 'willing to pay a premium for grass-fed'
Almost one in four beef consumers globally “say they are willing to pay a premium for grass-fed beef”. “In fact,...
biodiversity
Increased focus on biodiversity targets for Origin Green companies
Over 300 Origin Green companies will be supported in developing measurable biodiversity strategies for their businesses as Bord Bia announces...
Agri-Business
Farmers to Market outlines sustainability goals under Origin Green
Cavan free-range chicken producer Farmers to Market have received double verification as a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme....