US to strengthen food trade links with Ireland and the EU

US-based entrepreneur and investor John Hartnett says the US-Irish relationship is going from strength to strength. He spoke with Aisling Kiernan

John Hartnett, who heads up the investment company, SVG Ventures in Silicon Valley, is optimistic for innovative companies as the signs are very positive for Irish-US relations under the Biden administration.

Innovation, robotics and AI are about to become a reality for farmers across the globe as technology - accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - takes the agri-sector into the future.

Limerick native John Hartnett who runs an investment company, SVG Ventures, in Silicon Valley says despite these “unprecedented times” - not just because pf Covid-19 but also because of the aftermath of the previous administration in the US - there is a sense of renewed hope with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and a determined focus on climate change - all of which feeds in to the changes occurring in the global agri-food sector.