SuperValu farming programme allied with IFA, Teagasc and Kepak

The Sustainable Farming Programme, which SuperValu announced last year, was launched by Minister of State Tom Hayes at the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre in Grange, Co Meath, yesterday.

Developed in conjunction with the Irish Farmers’ Association, Kepak and Teagasc, it is the first retailer-farmer programme to be launched in Ireland.

Ten Irish farms — eight beef and two sheep — have been selected to take part in the first phase of the two-year programme.