Food trio rewarded for contribution to local economy

An inaugural awards scheme in Cork has recognised three city and county companies and organisations whose food production strengthens communities and make the local economy and ecological systems more resilient.

The excellence awards were presented to a horticultural training unit at Bessborough, along with a Clonakilty-based organic shop where the food is grown in a Victorian walled garden, and an organisation which helps substance-abuse victims in the city’s northside receive training in horticulture.