Networking event to address challenges in food sector

FOR anybody involved in the food industry, a major event being held in Cork tonight is certainly not one to miss.

Agriculture, Food and Marine Minister Simon Coveney will join some of the country’s top food industry experts at the Rochestown Park Hotel for a special “Networking and Knowledge” evening to mark the final Cork Food Forum event of 2011.

Funded and managed by the four Cork county and city enterprise boards, it is aimed at small and medium -sized firms involved in Cork’s food industry.