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Full Professor, UCD Agriculture & Food Science - Avid interest in all things Agriculture, Food & Environment

Dublin, Ireland
Joined March 2013
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It’s going to be great. See you in Galway #Ireland at the @irrs2023
Here at @irrs2023 we don't usually name drop, but when you've got a speaker line up like this, who could blame us✨? We're delighted to share the first half of our speaker line-up (too many to name drop in one go 😊) Submissions deadline: 18th December 2022
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Quote from Yvon Chouinard "Hopefully this will influence a new form of capitalism that doesn’t end up with a few rich people and a bunch of poor people" Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company nytimes.com/2022/09/14/clima…
Fantastic presentation by @ProfBrianCox at #horizonslive Lots of great tweets out there including this one.
Entanglement, the holographic principle, event horizons, Hawking radiation, white holes and some freaking outstanding computer graphics! @ProfBrianCox @robinince #HorizonsLive
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Alex Evans, Agr&Food retweeted
AgTechUCD is now seeking applications from early-stage AgTech and Agri-food start-ups with global potential, from Ireland and internationally, to join its dedicated 2022 Agccelerator Programme. ucd.ie/innovation/news-and-e… @Entirl @techireland Apply via: ucd.ie/innovation/agtechucd-…
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Very good open day at ⁦@teagasc⁩ today on challenges and many options to improve sustainable agriculture. Well done. ⁦@TeagascEnviron⁩ ⁦@ucdagfood⁩ ⁦@ucdlyonsfarm⁩
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We climbed Croagh Patrick in the Spring. Great job on the path. Interesting piece on ⁦@RTECountryWide⁩
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Nice piece on Forestry education in Ireland’s Tree Magazine CRANN ⁦@TreesForIreland⁩ and the #forestry programme in ⁦@ucdagfood⁩ ⁦@ucddublin⁩. We need more Foresters.
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Congratulations to @UCDLBC, the first UCD womens crew to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta @HenleyRegatta since 2006, first Irish crew to ever race the Island Challenge Cup, and the first UCD womens crew to win a race at HRR ever. @ucdsportsclubs @UCDBC @ucddublin
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It’s now mid week on the Agri Environmental Science ⁦@ucdagfood⁩ field trip to the Burren. Great ⁦@ucddublin⁩ students and great weather for the science of ecology, flora, fauna and agriculture.
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Alex Evans, Agr&Food retweeted
A pleasure to meet all from @ucdagfood at @ucdlyonsfarm as part of my #BackingRuralIreland tour in Kildare. The teams led by @FrankMonahanUCD and @DohertyVetDean are bridging the gap between research and practical farming. Great to see use of Multi Species Swards and clover too
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Alex Evans, Agr&Food retweeted
Please help me to pass on this message of thanks. I am totally overwhelmed by and I mean the thousands of messages of support. I am so sad that I can thank everyone personally. So please help me to spread this. Extend the had of friendship. Xx
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Congratulations to @UCDLBC for winning the Sally Moorhead Trophy and Corcoran Cup today. Great support from so many including @ucdsportsclubs @UCDSPORT @ucddublin and @SoftCoGroup
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Happy St David’s Day from ⁦@ucdlyonsfarm⁩ and ⁦@ucdagfood⁩
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Many congratulations Prof de Graaf.
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Is Hydrogen the fuel of the future? Probably for certain industries. What are the opportunities for Ireland? Climate Essentials – Hydrogen: the fuel of the future? economist.com/films/2021/08/…
Alex Evans, Agr&Food retweeted
HUGE congratulations to our Women’s Intermediate 8+ who are the Irish National Championships 2021! Well done ladies, super proud of you! 💙🌟 – at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
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Alex Evans, Agr&Food retweeted
An exciting #job opportunity for a charismatic leader with strong commercial and technical innovation and #agrifood experience to develop the @AgTechUCD Innovation Centre and associated programmes. Closing date: 11 June, 12 pm. Find out more: ucd.ie/innovation/news-and-e…
My personal thanks to Minister for Agriculture Food & the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD @McConalogue for his contribution to #HandbookLaunch2021 & his excellent summary of the opportunities for graduates entering our agricultural & food industries. @ucdagfood @UCD_Ag_Soc
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