New Teagasc / FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards
By Sean Doorley,
Drystock Advisor,
Teagasc Longford.
Are you interested in winning up to €10,000 while at the same time getting recognition for running your farm in a sustainable way? Teagasc and FBD have just launched a new Environmental Sustainability Awards Competition. To be in with a chance you win you need to demonstrate the progress you are making in improving environmental sustainability, while continuing to produce high quality, nutritious food, in a profitable way.
There are 2 main aims to the awards: 1. To promote environmental sustainability on Irish farms; 2. To give recognition to the farmers that are making good progress in improving environmental sustainability on their farms. We hope that these Awards can help farmers, consumers and Irish citizens to be proud of the great work undertaken by Irish farmers.
The awards are open to all farmers in dairy, beef, sheep and tillage enterprises. Application by is way of a short online application form which you can find at www.teagasc.ie/environmentawards. Closing date is Thursday the 29th February. Don’t delay, apply today.
Teagasc provides a Local Advisory and Education service to farmers. They have offices based in Roscommon Town (Tel: 090 6626166), Castlerea (Tel: 094 9620160) and Longford Town (Tel: 043 3341021), You can find us on Facebook @Teagascroscommonlongford and twitter @teagascRNLD. Email; RoscommonLongfordAdvisory@teagasc.ie