Freeze on LEADER grants for food entrepreneurs
Some are persevering with their ideas and seeking other funding avenues, after the freeze put them on hold, with the fear that their considerable investment of time and money researching and developing their business ideas may have to be written off.
Funding applications for food-related projects are not being considered for the time being, because it is thought some Irish farm-food may have been funded from the wrong stream or axis of the EU’s €96.3 billion European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
