Students challenged to create sustainable food solutions

The Environmental Innovators programme will introduce students to the various challenges the environment faces due to the food system.

At the programme launch: Coláiste Íosagáin transition year students Clodagh Ní Chomascaigh, Zoe and Emilie Níc Shleimhne, and Aifric Ní Ghloinn; with Derek O’Brien, BiOrbic executive director; and Alan Jagoe, Agri Aware chairman. Picture: Lorraine O'Sullivan

Students are being challenged to create sustainable food solutions for the future.

Environmental Innovators, the new Agri Aware transition year programme, aims to generate an awareness of the many challenges facing the global food system.