Judges
The judging panel of 13 is made up of experts, both Irish and international, in the areas of farming, sustainability/ESG and agribusiness. They are farmers, business leaders, academics, economists, journalists and advisors.
Professor Elizabeth Magowan
Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division, Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Northern Ireland and President of British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)
Professor Michael Lee
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Harper Adams University. President of the European Federation of Animal Science, Livestock Farming Commission and Chair of the UK Universities Climate Network - Net Zero Group
Dr. Olive McCarthy
Senior lecturer with the Department of Food Business and Development, UCC, Director of the Centre for Co-operative Studies at UCC and Credit Union Prize winner for research on credit unions and sustainability, Swoboda Research Institute
Daniel Foy
CEO, AgriGates (USA). Committee member of the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council, an elected commission officer for European Federation of Animal Science and Precision Livestock Farming (PLF), a member of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, and an ambassador on the Circular Food Systems project at Wageningen University in the Netherlands
Professor Gary Lanigan
Principal Research Officer, Crops, Environment and Land-Use Research Department, Teagasc. Adjunct Professor (Cantab. & University of Galway). Author Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) at Teagasc Climate Centre
Eddie Punch
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association General Secretary, Member of Council at Irish Management Institute and previously, consultant to Centre for Development of Enterprise, Ngamiland & Ghanzi, Botswana, Southern Africa
Dr. Maurice Deasy
Postdoctoral Researcher in Anaerobic Digestion, Teagasc. Farming For Nature Ambassador on a tillage & sheep Farming enterprise. Co-Founder of Canvas Brewery. Doctor of philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.
Sean Smith
Director, AgTech Ireland. Co-founder & Commercial Director, Micron AgriTech with €5 million raised since inception. M-Sparc Agri Hack winner at Bangor University 2021 and part of Dogpatch Labs’ new sustainability innovation accelerator.
Mary Dunphy
Events & Brand Marketing Lead at FBD Insurance.
Dr. Michael Hayden
Assistant Professor of Accounting at Maynooth University School of Business. His research interests include Financial Management & Decision-making in Agriculture, Sustainability in Food & Agriculture, The Rural Economy and Generational Renewal in Agriculture.
Mike Magan
Multiple Dairy Sector Chairperson & Board member/Dairy Farmer.
Clive Bright
PR and Development Officer, Organic Trust
Jason Webb
Content Director, Agri Insider.