Marie McFadden

Introduction The Climate Action Plan (2024) has set ambitious targets to increase land farmed according to organic standards from the current area of 225,000 ha (5% of total farmed area) to 450,000 ha (10%) by 2030. The largest organic sector in Ireland is beef cattle production. There are an estimated 40,000 organically-farmed suckler cows in […]

Organic farming has become increasingly important within Irish and European agricultural policy as governments seek to address challenges relating to climate change, biodiversity loss, input price volatility and the long-term sustainability of food production systems. Under the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, a target has been established for 25% of European agricultural land to be […]