Plan to develop artisan foods in Cork

A development agency is planning a major campaign to support and enhance artisan food production in the South and East Cork region.

Secad (South and East Cork Area Development) has compiled a five-year strategy to aid the growing food sector in the area to produce more, thus creating more jobs within the industry.

Secad chief executive Ryan Howard said that, through research and consultation with food enterprises, it has developed a vision for the artisan food sector in Cork that will “create more jobs, promote and develop the sector sustainably and ensure that the region is fully equipped to capitalise on the opportunity to build high quality artisan food companies”.