Innovative product development and community co-operation are critical for remote rural food producers to capture year-round sales, says a leading island-based food entrepreneur.

Malting barley grower Dermot McAuliffe has won the overall Glanbia Quality Grain award for 2015.

Maintaining farming in more remote and isolated regions is a challenge that must be tackled, according to European Parliament vice president Mairead McGuinness, MEP.

Teagasc is promoting the Irish family farm to a global audience with a series of online videos, starting with the Calvey family from Mayo.