Food Waste

Dairy, biogas, and breeding on one of Germany's most innovative farms

Claire McCormack reports from Germany where she met Christoph Luepschen, a farmer who invested in a €4m AD plant.

FEATURE 18 February 2026

Dairy, biogas, and breeding on one of Germany's most innovative farms

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Letter - concerns over Macroom biomethan plant

Letter - concerns over Macroom biomethan plant

LETTERS 24 December 2025

Food waste to fertiliser in 24 hours

Food waste to fertiliser in 24 hours

RENEWABLES 27 August 2025

Food security set to be theme of ASA Conference 2025

Food security set to be theme of ASA Conference 2025

Food security set to be theme of ASA Conference 2025

NEWS 15 July 2025

Risk from exotic animal diseases higher than ever – Heydon

Risk from exotic animal diseases higher than ever – Heydon

Risk from exotic animal diseases higher than ever – Heydon

NEWS 27 May 2025

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Don’t throw that away! Let’s reduce food waste

Don’t throw that away! Let’s reduce food waste

Food waste costs the average Irish household €700 a year. Here we look at ways to cut back.

CONSUMER 1 January 1970

Kildare AD plant Green Generation enters receivership

Kildare AD plant Green Generation enters receivership

The company, which operates a food waste AD plant in Kildare, has suffered from an influx of hydrotreated vegetable oil into the transport sector, causing the price of biomethane gas to drop.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

Just outside Ramelton, Co Donegal, Bert McCloy and his son-in-law Jason Peoples run a busy dairy farm milking around 200 cows.

Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal