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RapidHort

Rapid demonstration model of a sustainable food systems approach in Horticulture

RapidHort is a circular demonstration model based on Irish grown microgreens that will enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of horticultural food production.

We speak to Dr Niamh Harbourne, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science who leads the project in collaboration with Teagasc.. Read the full interview by clicking on the magazine cover.

RapidHort is a circular demonstration model based on Irish grown microgreens that will enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of horticultural food production. Using a food systems approach, RapidHort aims to characterise the impact of variation and interactions within the model on nutritional, microbial, sensory, growing and processing properties of the microgreens.

UCD Institute of Food and Health

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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