Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was welcomed to Shinagh Dairy Farm last week.
West Cork-based international ingredients company Carbery Group welcomed Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to their project with BiOrbic, the aim of which is to create the world’s first climate-neutral dairy farm.
Based on Shinagh Dairy Farm in west Cork, the Farm Zero C project has been recently awarded a €2m grant in prize money from Science Foundation Ireland’s Zero Emissions Challenge.
The next step is to hire a project manager and a farm researcher for the project. The farm is owned by four West Cork Co-ops and is run in partnership with Teagasc.
Climate issue
Minister McConalogue commented: “I have been consistent in my belief that farmers are innovators, and they will find a way through the current climate issue as they have problem solved in the past.”
L to R: Donal Santry, dairy farmer and chair of Shinagh Farm board; Minister McConalogue; Christopher O’Sullivan TD; Cormac O’Keeffe, chair of Carbery; Enda Buckley, director of sustainability at Carbery; John McNamara of Teagasc Cork West; and Jason Hawkins, Carbery CEO.
He added: “My Department will continue to support them to do so. Farm Zero C is a powerful example of what can happen when the solutions for reducing agricultural emissions are farmer-led, in partnership with academics and researchers.”
CEO of Carbery Group Jason Hawkins said it was great to have the opportunity to welcome Minster McConalogue to Shinagh to show a positive story surrounding dairy and sustainability. He said: “We want to use this project to show that it is possible to run a profitable, efficient dairy farm operation that is also climate neutral. We’re well on the way to proving this.”
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was welcomed to Shinagh Dairy Farm last week.
West Cork-based international ingredients company Carbery Group welcomed Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to their project with BiOrbic, the aim of which is to create the world’s first climate-neutral dairy farm.
Based on Shinagh Dairy Farm in west Cork, the Farm Zero C project has been recently awarded a €2m grant in prize money from Science Foundation Ireland’s Zero Emissions Challenge.
The next step is to hire a project manager and a farm researcher for the project. The farm is owned by four West Cork Co-ops and is run in partnership with Teagasc.
Climate issue
Minister McConalogue commented: “I have been consistent in my belief that farmers are innovators, and they will find a way through the current climate issue as they have problem solved in the past.”
L to R: Donal Santry, dairy farmer and chair of Shinagh Farm board; Minister McConalogue; Christopher O’Sullivan TD; Cormac O’Keeffe, chair of Carbery; Enda Buckley, director of sustainability at Carbery; John McNamara of Teagasc Cork West; and Jason Hawkins, Carbery CEO.
He added: “My Department will continue to support them to do so. Farm Zero C is a powerful example of what can happen when the solutions for reducing agricultural emissions are farmer-led, in partnership with academics and researchers.”
CEO of Carbery Group Jason Hawkins said it was great to have the opportunity to welcome Minster McConalogue to Shinagh to show a positive story surrounding dairy and sustainability. He said: “We want to use this project to show that it is possible to run a profitable, efficient dairy farm operation that is also climate neutral. We’re well on the way to proving this.”
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