Greening Your Supply Chain

30 April 2010

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Loughry College is organising a half day conference entitled Greening Your Supply Chain - Making it Happen on Wednesday 5th May 2010

The aim of this conference is to promote awareness of environmentally sustainable practices which increase efficiencies, and reduce costs within the Agri- food sector.

Speakers at the event include:

Samantha McCloskey - NI Country Manager-Environwise

Damien Kane - Project Manager - O'Kane Poutry Ltd

Trevor Knipe - NISP Director for Northern Ireland

The conference will take place on Wednesday 5th May 2010 from 9.15am-1.30pm in the Food Technology Centre, Loughry Campus, Cookstown.

Please email greenyoursupplychain@googlemail.com

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