Judges

The judging panel 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 Former President of British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)

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

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.