Taste the Island - A Celebration of Ireland's Food and Drink - 2019 Buyers Guide

The Global Footprint of Irish Food & Drink >60,000 farms and 319 producers are members of Origin Green , the only sustainability programme in the world operating on a national scale, aligning with 15 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our Agri-food and drink sector supports 173,000 jobs IRISH AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABILITY “Our growth in the natural food production sector has been driven by the quality appeal of the food produced here with its low environmental footprint, strict traceability and animal welfare criteria.” Dept of Agriculture – Food Growth and Projections 2025 In 2016 Ireland had 137,500 farms 99% are family owned. 4 SECT ION 3 – THE GLOBAL FOOTPRINT OF IRI SH FOOD & DRINK