Rubina Freiberg

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Rubina Freiberg graduated from Griffith College Dublin with an honours degree communications and media production. She has been awarded for Best Academic Achievement, and her previous work on food labelling was nominated for the European Commission Award at the National Student Media Awards 2020. She grew up in a rural village in south-west Germany before relocating to Dublin in 2018 to pursue a career in journalism. She previously gained experience in digital and print media while working at a German newspaper creating investigative and visual content.She was also previously involved as the sub-editor for the production of ONUS, an Irish Arts and Culture Magazine. A German native, Rubina has strong passion for food and its production.

NI family farm uses seven-figure ‘green loan’ to cut emissions
NI family farm uses seven-figure ‘green loan’ to cut emissions

Vegetable farming enterprise Mash Direct based in Co. Down has used a seven-figure green loan from HSBC UK to reduce...

Drop in vegetable oil price index offsets higher cereal prices
Drop in vegetable oil price index offsets higher cereal prices

The food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has fallen for the sixth...

One third of adults consume dairy alternatives – all-island research
One third of adults consume dairy alternatives – all-island research

One third of all adults on the island of Ireland consume plant-based dairy alternatives, of which 10% have said they...

Report highlights wood as renewable substitute in a bioeconomy
Report highlights wood as renewable substitute in a bioeconomy

Overall consumption of primary processed wood products is expected to grow by 37% by 2050, according to the global forest...

Ukraine: Agri-sector losses estimated to reach €30bn
Ukraine: Agri-sector losses estimated to reach €30bn

Almost €10 billion is needed in the immediate and short term to recover and reconstruct the agriculture sector in Ukraine,...

Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral aged 96
Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral aged 96

Queen Elizabeth II has passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96 this afternoon, Buckingham Palace has...

FAO: Fifth consecutive drop in world food commodity prices
FAO: Fifth consecutive drop in world food commodity prices

World food commodity prices have dropped for the fifth month in a row in August as quotations for most benchmark...

Community-led solutions to tackle global food and climate crisis
Community-led solutions to tackle global food and climate crisis

Amid skyrocketing costs for fertiliser and other inputs globally, farmers worldwide have developed community-led solutions to counter the rising threats...

Cutting meat and dairy amid cost crisis risks nutrient deficiencies – AHDB
Cutting meat and dairy amid cost crisis risks nutrient deficiencies – AHDB

Experts warn that reducing meat and dairy consumption due to the cost-of-living crisis could lead to a lack of key...

First Ukraine grain shipment refused by buyer in Lebanon
First Ukraine grain shipment refused by buyer in Lebanon

The shipper of over 26,000t of corn from Ukraine is looking for a new consignee, as the final buyer in...

Four further grain ships depart from Ukraine under export deal
Four further grain ships depart from Ukraine under export deal

Four further ships have left Ukraine this morning (Sunday, August 7) carrying over 160,000t of agricultural produce, according to Ukraine’s...

FAO: Cereals and vegetable oils drive down food price index
FAO: Cereals and vegetable oils drive down food price index

Global food commodity prices have dropped in July, with vegetable oils and cereals leading the decline in the food price...

Earth Overshoot Day: Half of earth’s biocapacity used for food production
Earth Overshoot Day: Half of earth’s biocapacity used for food production

Today (Thursday, July 28) marks the day at which humanity has used all biological resources that the earth regenerates during...

NI: Call for quality-assurance schemes to financially benefit farmers
NI: Call for quality-assurance schemes to financially benefit farmers

Farmers For Action (FFA) has written to the Northern Ireland (NI) Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) and Red Tractor, demanding...

‘There is money to be made out of hunger’: A look at global food security
‘There is money to be made out of hunger’: A look at global food security

The ongoing food crisis has been described as a “very complex emergency” by academic and IPES-Food expert, Raj Patel who...

International wheat organisation to launch its Strategic Research Agenda
International wheat organisation to launch its Strategic Research Agenda

The Wheat Initiative will launch its updated Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) next week, highlighting current challenges in global wheat research...

‘I would always be out’: NI sheep farmer shares his story ahead of pride
‘I would always be out’: NI sheep farmer shares his story ahead of pride

“I knew I wanted to work with animals and then my parents said, why not start a farm, and I...

New Zealand to consider separate farm-level levy for methane emissions
New Zealand to consider separate farm-level levy for methane emissions

The Primary Sector Climate Action Parternship, He Waka Eke Noa, has recommended a farm-level split-gas levy to reduce emissions and sequester...