Rubina Freiberg

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Rubina Freiberg graduated from Griffith College Dublin with an honours degree communications and media production. She has been awarded for Best Academic Achievement, and her previous work on food labelling was nominated for the European Commission Award at the National Student Media Awards 2020. She grew up in a rural village in south-west Germany before relocating to Dublin in 2018 to pursue a career in journalism. She previously gained experience in digital and print media while working at a German newspaper. She was also previously involved as the sub-editor for the production of ONUS, an Irish Arts and Culture Magazine. A German native, Rubina has a strong passion for food and its production.

Seven-year ‘Better Farming for Water’ campaign launched
Seven-year ‘Better Farming for Water’ campaign launched

Teagasc has today (Thursday, May 30) launched the ‘Better Farming for Water’ campaign which aims to support farmers to reduce...

Watch: Bloom show garden celebrates Irish dairy
Watch: Bloom show garden celebrates Irish dairy

This year’s National Dairy Council (NDC) garden at Bord Bia Bloom 2024 titled ‘A Feast for the Senses’ aims to...

Watch: Protesters demand ‘justice’ for ash dieback farmers
Watch: Protesters demand ‘justice’ for ash dieback farmers

Forest owners led by the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Ltd. (LTWO) gathered outside Leinster House today (Wednesday, May 29),...

Biomethane: ‘Generous supports’ needed for on-farm slurry storage
Biomethane: ‘Generous supports’ needed for on-farm slurry storage

“Generous grant supports” will be needed for additional on-farm slurry and digestate storage under the National Biomethane Strategy, managing director of Local...

One month left to spread lime as deadline approaches
One month left to spread lime as deadline approaches

Farmers now have one month left to spread lime purchased under the National Liming Programme, with the final date for...

CSO: Agriculture, forestry and fishing labour force grows by 6,500
CSO: Agriculture, forestry and fishing labour force grows by 6,500

The number of people employed in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector has increased by 6,500 in quarter one (Q1)...

Watch: Irish dairy farmers take part in Brussels protest
Watch: Irish dairy farmers take part in Brussels protest

Irish dairy farmers joined their counterparts from across the EU in Brussels today (Monday, May 27) to take part in...

Conference to focus on National Biomethane Strategy
Conference to focus on National Biomethane Strategy

Ireland’s National Biomethane Strategy will be the focus of the 2024 Biomethane Conference held by the Renewable Gas Forum Ireland...

Sample locally produced food and meet producers at Bloom
Sample locally produced food and meet producers at Bloom

Bord Bia Bloom visitors will have the opportunity to meet food producers and sample locally produced food and drink at...

DAFM issues €3.3m in scheme payments this week
DAFM issues €3.3m in scheme payments this week

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued more than €3.3 million in outstanding scheme payments to...

Carbon farming framework to be delivered by June
Carbon farming framework to be delivered by June

A National Carbon Farming Framework for Ireland is set to be delivered by quarter two (Q2) 2024, according to the...

Over 7,200 online applications for 2024 nitrates derogation
Over 7,200 online applications for 2024 nitrates derogation

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has received a total of 7,238 online applications for the 2024...

Committee seeks more information on new genomic techniques
Committee seeks more information on new genomic techniques

An Oireachtas committee has agreed to request additional information on new genomic techniques (NGTs) before deciding on its position on...

Trail through Ireland’s semi-natural grasslands launched
Trail through Ireland’s semi-natural grasslands launched

Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has today (Thursday, May 23), launched the “Grasslands Trail” – a...

Agri-tech company among Bord na Móna’s 2024 ‘green innovators’
Agri-tech company among Bord na Móna’s 2024 ‘green innovators’

An agri-tech company is among eight of Ireland’s “rising green innovators” which have successfully completed Bord na Móna’s 2024 Accelerate...

Bill introduced to Dáil seeks to protect ‘significant hedgerows’
Bill introduced to Dáil seeks to protect ‘significant hedgerows’

A bill which seeks to protect “significant hedgerows” across the country for their environmental benefits has been introduced to the...

€40,000 grants available under community peatlands scheme
€40,000 grants available under community peatlands scheme

Funding worth a total of €600,000 for the community-led Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024 has been announced today...

Farmers to receive up to €130/MWh for exporting renewable energy
Farmers to receive up to €130/MWh for exporting renewable energy

Farmers can receive up to €130/MWh for renewable energy export projects under the second phase of the Small-Scale Renewable Electricity...