Newsletter Archive

July 2024

Can front-of-pack food labelling change our diets for the better?

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May/June 2024

Food security: as important as climate action

April 2024

Watch out Europe, the Brazilians are coming!

A small group of Scholars visit SENAR to learn about labour requirements and fruit growing excellence.

March 2024

Why don’t we grow more plant-based food in Ireland?

February 2024

Why are European farmers angry?

January 2024

The ‘Wild West’ of carbon trading and carbon farming

September/October 2023

Technological innovation in agriculture will be critical to meeting climate target obligations

July 2023

EPA GHG projections — is agriculture better equipped than other sectors to deliver on climate?

June 2023

Food inflation: flash in the pan, or here to stay?

May 2023

Is a Farmers’ Party a good idea?

March 2023: Thousands of farmers protest in Zuiderpark, the Hague, Netherlands
Image by Roel Wijnants, Flickr.com

April 2023

My take-aways from a month of Nuffield travels – Vancouver to Christchurch

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.

March 2023

Should we prepare for the end of the Nitrates derogation?

February 2023

Financing decarbonisation, decarbonising finance

January 2023

Stealth livestock reductions to cut agri-GHG?

December 2022

Stocking fillers for your ears

October/November 2022

A (very) short history of the Common Agricultural Policy at 60

September 2022

Are cows bad for the planet? Beware of simple questions, and even simpler answers!

Source: UN FAO from IPCC

July 2022

High food prices – a fundamental reset?

June 2022

Milk – from cost/price squeeze to price/cost chase

May 2022

Living with Brexit: evolution of Irish food trade flows

April 2022

Climate action need not be incompatible with food security – The Ukraine war forces urgent action

March 2022

C’est Qui Le Patron? (Who’s the Boss?) : French consumers find a way to deliver fair farm prices

February 2022

Feeding the world while reducing GHG emissions – the circle to be squared

January 2022

How much greener farming will the new CAP “Green Architecture” deliver?

Christmas Special 2021

Christmas 2021 Stocking Fillers

December 2021

What is Nuffield Ireland?

November 2021

The scary world of agricultural decarbonisation

October 2021

What part can organic farming play in sustainable food systems?

September 2021

Carbon leakage in the food sector – are climate action and trade compatible?

August 2021

How will Irish farmers be supported to deliver necessary climate action?

July 2021

Serenity and equity key to securing urgent climate action in agriculture

June 2021

CAP: does more payment redistribution really mean greater fairness?

May 2021

Opportunities as well as challenges for farmers in Agri-Food Strategy 2030

April 2021

What does the Climate Action Bill mean for farmers?

March 2021

Consumers are important to farmers…
…because they are more than just the people who purchase your produce.

February 2021

Are international trade deals good for Irish agriculture?

January 20201

Veganuary: gimmick or game-changer?

Source: (Bord Bia Dietary Lifestyle Report – November 2018)

Christmas Special

The four Cs on the 2021 agricultural horizon: Climate, CAP, Covid-19 and the Chaos of Brexit

Photo by Arseny Togulev on Unsplash

December 2020

What will the EU Green Deal mean for Irish farmers?

Transforming the EU's economy for a sustainable future

November 2020

Brexit Special