This event will showcase innovative companies who are producing biobased products. We’ll hear from Woolcool which produces packaging from sheep’s wool, Heaxafly which farm black solder flies, Celignis which will talk about the blue economy using seaweed and Meade Potato which have developed the first starch plant from waste potatoes. Commercialising a Natural Material […]
As part of the weekly online Signpost Series, Prof James Gaffey of Muster Technological University alongside Prof Johan Sanders of GRASSA and Wageningen University and Research, and Mr Xavier Dubuisson of XD Consulting will discuss outcomes of the Biorefinery Glas, a European funded Agricultural European Innovation Partnership. Focusing on potential of the bioeconomy to transform […]
Origin Green, Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme, has published new procedures and guidelines that put carbon emission targets on a mandatory footing for food and drink manufacturers as the sector seeks to accelerate its contribution to the Programme for Government’s aim of carbon neutrality by 2050. This marks a significant shift for the […]
Launch of a new event series run by Marine Innovation Development Centre, Údarás na Gaeltachta and the Marine Institute. This is an informative event outlining what the blue bioeconomy is, showcasing the relevant supports available within the blue bioeconomy and an overview of projects and businesses operating within the blue bioeconomy. For more information and […]
A showcase of Irish sustainable bioproducts made from marine resources The Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South-West Cluster, FANBEST Project and BiOrbic are coming together to shine a light on the role of innovators using marine based materials to create sustainable bioproducts ready for market. Organised in partnership with FanBest, Circular Bioeconomy Research Group and Biorbic. Hear […]
Are you based in Cork? If so, why not take a tour around UCC's arboretum and learn all about trees! To mark Bioeconomy Ireland Week, Dr Eoin Lettice, Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich and Emma Hutchinson will lead an in-person tour through some of the highlights of the UCC Arboretum. This event is supported by the […]
Financing the bioeconomy is always a new challenge. This event will outline the help available to assist in navigating the pathway across the difficult valley from ‘Research to Business funding’. We will also hear about sources of funding from the European Circular BioEconomy €250 million Fund. MPowerBIO Empowers Clusters to Bring SMEs Across the […]
BiOrbic invites you to join us on Saturday to a 'plogging' event. What? Plogging is where you jog or walk through the city, picking up litter as you go. On Saturday we will have two teams: Jogging Team Lead: Tanja Narancic Walking Team Lead: Burcu Akkoyunlu Each team will walk or jog for one hour […]
Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2022 will be launched by Martin Heydon TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with special responsibility for Research and Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development. The launch will be followed by a a half a day 'Bioeconomy Research Symposium', where DAFM funded researchers will […]
Marine algae globally is an industry worth $14 billion and food ingredients and industrial products are reliant on the polysaccharides extracted from marine algae. In Ireland, there has been harvesting of seaweed for industrial purposes since the 1940's with the establishment of the alginate industries (Ireland) in 1947. Irish seaweeds range from industrially harvested brown […]
Maynooth University lecturer, Dr Máire Nic an Bhaird, from the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, has a leading role in a €2 million bioeconomy education project for primary, secondary and 3rd level students across Europe. She will join us in Maynooth Library to discuss the importance of the bioeconomy in regard to Europe’s […]
Does it matter what we feed our farm animals? Well, yes, it's a pig deal! BiOrbic and the AgriAware are running a primary school workshop at Airfield Estate Farm to explore all the ways we can improve animal gut health. Including: What is a pig's anatomy like? How do pigs get sick and how can […]
