{"id":1336000,"date":"2024-06-24T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1336000"},"modified":"2024-06-24T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T17:14:30","slug":"lisavaird-food-group-announces-origin-green-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/lisavaird-food-group-announces-origin-green-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisavaird Food Group announces Origin Green membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lisavaird Food Group, which includes JDS Foods, Coolmore Foods, Glenmar Shellfish, and Glen Aine Food, has announced its membership in Origin Green, Ireland&#8217;s food and drink sustainability initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has stated that the achievement highlight&#8217;s the group&#8217;s dedication to sustainability, quality, and responsible production practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin Green, led by Bord Bia, is Ireland\u2019s pioneering national food and drink sustainability programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-grey-background-color has-background\">The programme is the only national initiative of its kind, aiming to set and achieve measurable sustainability targets that respect the environment and serve local communities more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certification under the programme reflects a company&#8217;s commitment to maintaining the highest standards in environmental stewardship, efficient resource use, and social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO of Lisavaird Group, Martin Dineen said: &#8220;We are delighted and honoured. Lisavaird Food Group\u2019s Origin Green membership aligns with Lisavaird Co-Op\u2019s values of community, sustainability, and innovation, reinforcing its role as a leader in the Irish food industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inclusion of Lisavaird Food Group has been described as a substantial step towards sustainable development in the food sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Origin Green<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Late last year Bord Bia acknowledged the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?s=sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainability<\/a>\u00a0performance of 97 Irish food and drink companies which had attained Origin Green Gold Membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold Membership is given to companies, which are members of the programme, in recognition of their enhanced sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-grey-background-color has-background\">The Gold Members were formally recognised at Bord Bia\u2019s annual Origin Green Sustainability Seminar in late November which was opened by Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the establishment of the awards in 2020, a total of 234 Irish food, drink and horticulture companies have been awarded Gold Membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the 97 companies come from 21 counties and represent sectors such as dairy, meat, seafood and aquaculture, confectionary, beverages, and horticulture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisavaird Food Group, which includes JDS Foods, Coolmore Foods, Glenmar Shellfish, and Glen Aine Food, has announced its membership in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3525,"featured_media":736768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[582,17074,12164,1691],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336000"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336104,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336000\/revisions\/1336104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}