Minister Heydon launches the Food Vision 2030 Dashboard
- Published on: 27 March 2025
- Last updated on: 15 April 2025
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, yesterday launched the Food Vision 2030 Dashboard.
The official launch took place at the 13th meeting of the Food Vision 2030 High Level Implementation Committee (HLIC). The Committee Meeting was Chaired by Minister Heydon, and attended by other Committee Members, including State agencies and other government departments.
Commenting on the dashboard, Minister Heydon said:
“The Dashboard is a key component of the implementation and monitoring of Food Vision 2030 and is being launched on a phased basis. I am pleased to officially launch Phase 2. Phase 1 focused on Mission 1 environmental indicators and Phase 2 expands the dashboard to include economic and social sustainability indicators for Missions 2, 3 and 4. The dashboard establishes baseline data that will be used to assess, monitor and identify our progress in achieving our sustainability ambitions under Food Vision 2030, encompassing all the different pillars of sustainability - economic, environmental and social.”
The dashboard is available to view on: Food Vision 2030 - A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems.
The Dairy Calf to Beef Action Plan was launched at the HLIC in March 2024 and the Minister and Committee yesterday received a joint presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Teagasc and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation on the ongoing implementation and outcomes of the Plan.
A number of key developments were reported including the increase in beef AI serves in dairy herds and the increase in calves being genotyped. In particular, the importance of Commercial Beef Value (CBV) as a tool for farmers was highlighted as well as the wider significant potential for high profit dairy calf to beef systems. Reflecting this potential Teagasc now includes dairy-beef as a category in the National Farm Survey.
The 13th Food Vision HLIC Meeting also discussed updates on progress on the ‘Women in Agriculture Action Plan’, contributions from the Food Vision Industry (Food and Drink) Group, and the publication of the ‘Environmental Sub-Group Annual Monitoring and Indicator Report’ for 2024.
Notes
Food Vision 2030, Ireland’s stakeholder-led strategy for the agri-food sector, has the potential to transform our agriculture, food, forestry, and marine sectors, with environmental, economic and social sustainability at its core. Food Vision aims for Ireland to be “A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems”. Food Vision 2030 was designed using a food systems approach, and is grouped around four high-level Missions:
- Mission 1: A Climate Smart, Environmentally Sustainable Agri-Food Sector
- Mission 2: Viable and Resilient Primary Producers, with Enhanced Wellbeing
- Mission 3: Food that is Safe, Nutritious and Appealing, Trusted and Valued at Home and Abroad
- Mission 4: Innovative, Competitive and Resilient Agri-Food Sector, Driven by Technology and Talent
More information at: gov.ie - Food Vision 2030 - A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems.
More information on the Dairy Calf to Beef Action Plan.
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon.