An incredible panel at todays event celebrating 100 years; moderated by Mary Delaney and featuring Sinead McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Prof. Frank O'Mara, Director of Teagasc, Sean Molloy CEO Tirlán, Susanne Kelly final year Food and Agribusiness Management student and Prof. Frank Monahan Dean of Agriculture and Head of School at UCD.
Congratulations to EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, who today was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Science for her outstanding contributions to Irish agriculture. She graduated with a BSc in Agriculture Economics in 1980; the first woman to qualify in the discipline.🎓
Huge thanks to FBD for a €6 million philanthropic contribution to the development of UCD Lyons Farm. With @ucddublin co-investment, this will transform our agricultural science education and our research into the challenges facing agriculture and farming. https://t.co/VdSzIAIOZ6
Not to be for @monaghangaa today in Salthill against a good @Galway_GAA team. It was nice to be there however with these two super fans to see Monaghan’s GOAT @ConorMcManus_15 bring the curtain down following an outstanding career. Thanks for the many amazing memories. 🔵⚪️
After 42 years in @ucddublin our beloved Iris Burke is retiring as Director of the @ucdagfood Programme Office. We can’t thank her enough for all she has contributed to the school & to UCD over the years. Wishing Iris the very best on her next adventure 💙
Experts in Their Field returns next week with a new podcast. In the meantime we'd like to remind you of the great library of podcasts we have available. You can listen to them all here - https://t.co/IarWZl9tfF
#Irishpodcasts#Agripodcasts
📻🐄 Listen Back: Prof Tommy Boland @PallasTb spoke to @RTECountryWide on the research taking place at @ucdlyonsfarm which will help in delivering a roadmap for Ireland to meet its climate targets.
🗣 "It’s really difficult to measure how much methane cows are producing..."
It was great to welcome Damien O'Reilly @RTECountryWide to @ucdlyonsfarm today to discuss research to reduce environmental impact and improve profitability of livestock systems with @HelenBSheridan and I as we start our methane measurements @CLockLivestock
👏👏Congrats to Professor Olaf Schmidt (@OlafUCD), who has been awarded Honorary Membership for Life by the @AABiologists, one of the first scientific societies founded in the UK to be devoted to this field of study. #agriculture#foodscience
👉👉https://t.co/znfZkixau2
Fantastic recognition for @OlafUCD@ucdagfood of his enormous contribution over many years 👏👏
@_Rosemount@UCDEarth@ucddublin
Professor Olaf Schmidt given Honorary Membership for Life by the Association of Applied Biologists (ABB) @AABiologists https://t.co/wzmh8Ywbad
A massive thanks to everyone that supported our recent charity sheepdog trials in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital, and to Stephen Lott & Ger Egan for organising it. Also a special thanks to Paddy Fanning (https://t.co/EAsG72wRMb) for capturing the day. https://t.co/cZDS2ttmC0
Interested in healthy eating or working in the area of human nutrition?🍎🥦
@ucdagfood has two NEW online #microcredential courses;
➡️Concepts of Nutrition and Healthy Eating
➡️Nutrition and the Consumer Diet
Visit https://t.co/BeeoFz6Ep3 to learn more!
#UCD#studyatucd
The EU has a vital role to play in agri-food policies. Looking ahead, we would need better support for managing #sustainability and #consumers’ affordability risks over long time scales - Professor Michael Wallace, @ucdagfood at today's #FoodSecurity event with @emireland