Upcycling among solutions reviewed at Teagasc forum to tackle food waste

Teagasc convenes stakeholders to advance solutions on tackling Ireland's national food waste challenge

(Left to right) Ciara McDonagh, head of Teagasc’s Food Industry Development Department, Angelo Galalato, food technologist at Teagasc, Professor Maeve Henchion, Teagasc, Shay Hannon, manager of the National Prepared Food Consumer Centre.

Key stakeholders were brought together to try to tackle the growing national and global food waste challenge.

Teagasc brought together the key stakeholders from policy, regulation, business and civil society to refine recommendations aimed at tackling the growing challenge. The roundtable took place at the Teagasc Food Research Centre in Ashtown on April 13.