Irish agriculture needs to back up its 'green' image with credible evidence rather than "glamour stories", Teagasc has warned. Irish agriculture needs to back up its 'green' image with credible evidence rather than "glamour stories", Teagasc has warned. "We've seen problems in other countries where they resort to glamour stories and greenwashing on biodiversity performance - that has major repercussions and backfires very quickly," Teagasc researcher and ecologist John Finn told the Farming Independent. "Since the introduction of carbon footprint assessments on farms in 2013, over 212,000 individual carbon footprint calculations have taken place on over 37,000 dairy farms and 175,000 beef farms," stated Bord Bia. "The carbon footprint calculations to date show a continued decline in the carbon footprint intensity related to the production of beef and dairy."

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2019 05:03 UTC