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 The IRD Duhallow Food Training Centre opened in Boherbue in
late 1994. It has become one of the flagship projects of the IRD Duhallow
LEADER Programme.
Those in the process of setting up a business in the food
industry require premises which will meet all of the stringent food hygiene
laws, furthermore training in production and advice on packaging is essential
if the concept is to become a commercial reality. The
Duhallow Food Training Centre is in a position to provide units which meet all
of these requirements and, in addition, can provide the advice of a full time
trainer Marie Fenlon who has vast experience of many aspects of the food
industry.
The recent EU White Paper Growth Competitiveness,
Employment - the challenges and the way forward into the 21st Century
recognises the importance of services in the future generation of jobs
in rural areas. Among the seventeen areas of expansion within the service
sector identified by the Commission are home help, caring, security, local
public transport services, tourism, audio visual services, culture heritage
& development, environment, new information and communication
technologies.
Against this background and following on from our success in
developing local services under the LEADER Programme, the Food
Training Centre is the base for development of a community based social economy
enterprise.
The sale of hot - plated
meals to homes, schools and local businesses prepared in the Centre is
projected to generate ten full - time job equivalents by the end of
1998.
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