Teagasc to use farm in training next generation on sustainability

Teagasc Kildalton College is to benchmark its ‘green’ performance and use the best current and emerging technologies on its new sustainability demonstration farm in a national drive towards sustainable food production.

At yesterday’s launch of the ‘Kildalton 2030: Leading Sustainable Growth’ initiative, Teagasc director Professor Gerry Boyle said: “Irish agriculture has a unique opportunity to secure a future for farming, a future that is sustainable in the widest sense of the word: economically, environmentally and socially.

“The future for the next generation of farmers looks promising, exciting, but also challenging. Can we meet the twin challenges of contributing to food security on the one hand and maintenance of the world’s natural resources at the same time? One thing is for certain: farmers will be working in a world that is profoundly different from the world we know today.”