Hoeys are showing the way

WE’RE told the future of the planet depends on food production being in harmony with nature and the environment as well as on new ways of generating energy and reducing waste, writes Donal Hickey

Currently standing at seven billion people, the world’s population is growing by just over 1%, or 75 million people, each year.

A stiff challenge is also being posed to Irish food producers, some of whom have been working on environmentally-friendly practices for some years.