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Limerick dairy farm reducing its carbon footprint by 14% 2021-10-13

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A new public-private partnership has been launched in Ireland to support the development of sustainable technologies for the food sector.

Soils have the potential to store large amounts of carbon. \ James Connolly Taoiseach Micheál Martin has publicly acknowledged that the carbon sink farming provides is not being accounted for at present. Addressing the launch of Teagasc’s Signpost Programme, he said: “Farming is uniquely placed to be part of the solution to the climate crisis as both an emissions source and sink. Farmers must be supported to continue to protect the carbon stored in our soils while also doing more to both reduce emissions and store even more carbon. “The agricultural sector is Ireland’s most importan...

SHARING OPTIONS: The programme will seek to improve farm efficiency and reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment. \ Ramona Farrelly Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said the Teagasc Signpost Farms programme has the potential to safeguard the green image of Irish agriculture on the global stage. The comments follow the launch of the programme on Tuesday 18 May 2021. “While Ireland is already a world leader in sustainable beef and lamb production, the sector acknowledges that it must continue to improve its sustainability credentials,” MII se...