At the National Ploughing Championships FoodCloud presented the progress of CULTIVATE, highlighting how EU Horizon funding is being translated into practical solutions for rural communities: cutting food waste, improving food security, and strengthening local resilience.
A key example is the Growers’ Project, which is building a nationwide system for agricultural recovery. With CULTIVATE’s support, participating producers are now using the Foodiverse app to connect directly with community partners, ensuring that fresh, nutritious food can be collected straight from farms and redistributed where it is most needed.
The Championships also provided a stage to expand the Growers’ Project network and to demonstrate the role of social innovation in tackling food waste. FoodCloud’s participation underscored how collaboration between local actors and European partners can translate into replicable practices with real community benefits.
The initiative is now looking to bring more farmers on board, showing how small contributions at the farm level can generate a major impact for communities across Ireland and beyond.
Photo Credits: FoodCloud
