Ó Cuív announces funding for five regional artisan food study tours

FUNDING for five regional artisan food study tours, which will be held as part of the Terra Madre (Mother Earth) food festival in Waterford next month, was announced yesterday by Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív.

The all-island conference of workshops for the food community — producers, suppliers, stakeholders and consumers — is part of a four-day food festival hosted by Slow Food Ireland (part of Slow Food International) in association with Bord Bia.

The artisan food study tours will take place on Saturday, September 6, when 10 buses will bring up to 500 participants to visit leading food producers in Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Carlow.