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This content is provided by Bord Bia2021-05-05T13:53:00+01:00 Amid the confidence-sapping environment of Covid-19 and Brexit, there are signs that consumers are increasingly drawn to locally-sourced food. With British shoppers trusting food and drink from the Republic of Ireland more than any other EU country, Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board) argues that familiar standards and reassurance of quality are key. Bord Bia’s Thinking House commissioned independent research agency Opinions to conduct a nationally representative study among UK grocery shoppers. In January, this study revealed th...

Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec Dairy Dialog podcast 125: Bord Bia, NZMP, Quantec This week, more by good luck than good management, the podcast goes live on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and we have two guests from Ireland on the show. We chatted with Padraig Brennan, meat, food and beverages director at Bord Bia (the Irish food board), Lara Phillips, senior manager of Fonterra Sustainability Solutions; and from Quantec, CEO Raewyn McPhillips and founder and innovation director, Dr Rod Claycomb. We also head over to Dublin in Ireland for our wee...

Irish dairy industry sees bright future beyond pandemic and Brexit Ireland’s overall global dairy exports continued their upwards trajectory in 2020, delivering a 3% increase. Pic: Bord Bia Last year, the Irish dairy industry navigated arguably the hardest operating climate it has experienced since WWII, with the pandemic wreaking damage, and disruption across key industries and markets. In addition to this, the UK officially left the European Customs Union in January 2021, fundamentally changing the way the Irish dairy market trades and operates with its close...

This content is provided by Bord Bia2020-11-25T16:40:00+00:00 Innovation and tradition are, for most intent and purposes, opposing forces. But, in Ireland, a country with a rich and proud farming heritage, innovation and tradition have come together in harmony with the creation of the first-ever grass-fed accreditation for dairy – Bord Bia’s (The Irish Food Board) Grass-Fed Standard.  This new accreditation gives a veritable proof that the milk used in products and ingredients has come from grass-fed cows, not only guaranteeing a richer, creamier milk with a longer finish, but crucially ...