📽️On ScotlandTonight this week talking empty shelves 🍅🥒🫑 and why we need to reduce our reliance on imports and refocus the question on valuing food, looking at seasonality and reducing food waste. STV News NFU Scotland National Farmers' Union Defra UK Farming Today

Patricia O’Brien Patricia O'Brien delivering Ireland's national statement at the opening of World Food Programme Executive Board. Ireland is seated on the Executive Board for 2023 and 2024 Ireland in Rome

Great to see Ireland beginning their term on the World Food Programme Executive Board #teamIreland #foodsystemtransformation

Ireland was pleased to co-sponsor this draft resolution, which seeks an advisory opinion from the CIJ_ICJ on the obligation of states to address #climatechange. ⚖️🌎 Congrats to the #ICJAO4Climate Core Group, led by Vanuatu UN, for their work on this important resolution!

⚡Young People Aged 18-25!⚡ 👉Care about #COP28, social, environmental, & economic issues? 🚨Applications open for the Climate Youth Delegate Programme. 🌍🌎🌏An important opportunity to influence. Applications close March 13th at 2pm. Apply: youth.ie/articles/appli…

Brilliant #opportunity for 🇮🇪 youth (18-25) to be a member of Ireland National Climate Delegation for 2023/24! 🌍 Apply here ➡️ youth.ie/climate-youth-… Deadline is 13th March NYCI

With 250K+ people in Vanuatu affected by the Cat4 cyclones, & 6.5 magnitude quake, we're deploying 8 staff to Port Vila to support humanitarian assistance & recovery efforts, info management, reporting, comms services, displacement, human resource mobilization & more 🇻🇺🤝🏾🇺🇳

Supertrawler once again in our Atlantic 😡 Ultimately, we need fisheries reform to end their subsidies and ban them entirely. We have been blocked in the past, but we will keep fighting 🌊 Right now, I am currently negotiating legislation to expand our power to monitor onboard.

The report & recommendations from The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is launched! Amazing to see so many people there, including a number of farming organisations & environmental NGOs. We can move forward together with constructive conversations. citizensassembly.ie/wp-content/upl…

We are looking for young people interested in food and agriculture to join 🇮🇪National Youth Food Forum. We would love to hear from you! #FoodSystems docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

President Higgins addressed the ceremony in observance of #WorldFoodDay 🇺🇳 #Ireland maintains its commitment to addressing #FoodSecurity and in 2023 will provide a total of at least €284 million in assistance for #agriculture, food and nutrition.

President and Sabina Higgins last night attended a reception for representatives of the Irish community in Rome hosted by Ireland's Ambassador to Italy and Ambassador to the Holy See at Villa Spada. You can watch President Higgins' address to the event at youtube.com/watch?v=p7-DQd…

Looking forward to moderating this session later World Food Forum

Wonderful to have Minister Pippa Hackett open Irish & Kenyan youth dialogue at #WorldFoodForum2023 🇰🇪🇮🇪 #ClimateAction #FoodAction #SDGs

During her ongoing visit to #Rome with President of Ireland Higgins, Minister Pippa Hackett delivered a keynote address on the importance of #bioeconomy and #Youth in #FoodSystems transformation at Food and Agriculture Organization 🇮🇪🇺🇳

🙏🏻🇮🇪 A big thanks to the Government of Ireland for bringing inspiring youth delegates to the #WorldFoodForum2023 flagship event. Together, we shared visions, dreams and solutions for a brighter, more inclusive agrifood future. #FoodAction #ClimateAction

Register for the launch of National Youth Food Forum 🇮🇪 on 5th March - Online. A forum for young people engaged in #FoodSystems #Agriculture in Ireland. All welcome! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Register for our first Youth Agri-food Dialogue on April 3rd! Open to all young people (18-35 years old) engaged in the agri-food systems in Ireland, from all backgrounds and areas of interest. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congratulations to President of Ireland on receiving the Agricola Medal Food and Agriculture Organization for contribution to universal food security and #zerohunger

We look forward to hosting agri-food regulator Niamh Lenehan on 10th July for our second youth dialogue. Register here forms.gle/mRvRxRFBwYYxae…