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THE FLAVOUR OF SUCCESS The value of
Irish food and drink exports tipped ¤10
billion last year
FOOD TRENDS What’s hot in the world of
home cooking? And why home entertaining
is on the rise
GREEN CARD Selling Irish food abroad
requires a considered approach that takes
in local sensibilities
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TIME TO BEEF UP LABELLING Consumers
are now much more concerned about the
quality and origin of their food
EASTERN PROMISE The growing middle
classes in developing markets in Asia have a
big appetite for Irish food
ON TARGET FOR GROWTH Food Harvest
2020 is providing a road map to the challenges ahead
ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS The agrifood industry is well placed to gain from a
collaborative drive between companies and
academics
SMART FOOD Functional foods are a huge
area of innovation
INNOVATION Two companies that are
taking R&D seriously
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BANG ON TREND Tastes change and Irish
restaurateurs are quick to bring the latest
global food fashions home
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EATING AND DRINKING IN THEM Irish
apple growers are developing innovative
products despite challenges
THE IRISH TIMES
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
A Special Report
Editor
Edel Morgan
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS If you want to
move beyond producing food in your kitcheninto commercial production, there
are several options
Food Island
Production
Anna Kenny
In association with
Green card
Brands that play up
their Irishness abroad
GETTING THE MARKET TO DECIDE Food
markets are a low-cost way to get feedback
from customers
EATING THEIR WORDS Luminaries of the
food and wine writing world will assemble
for a three-day festival at Ballymaloe,
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Tastes of a Foodie Nation
The latest global trends
to hit our shores
Eastern promise
Why Asia beckons
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