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.

Vets develop method to treat limb disease in livestock
Vets develop method to treat limb disease in livestock

Farm specialists at a veterinary school in Scotland have developed a speedy, simplified method of surgery to treat bovine spastic...

Reducing livestock emissions while improving food security
Reducing livestock emissions while improving food security

A livestock and environment researcher has criticised the assumption that lower food production in “sustainable” systems in countries in the...

Proposed NI emissions reduction targets criticised
Proposed NI emissions reduction targets criticised

The implementation of the Climate Change Act will have a “profound and wide-ranging impact” on all dairy, beef and sheep...

‘Not for EU’ labels for meat and dairy now in place for NI
‘Not for EU’ labels for meat and dairy now in place for NI

New ‘Not for EU’ labelling requirements for moving meat and dairy products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are now...

Further vessels to export Ukrainian grain via Black Sea
Further vessels to export Ukrainian grain via Black Sea

Grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports are continuing with five new vessels currently waiting to be loaded, according to...

Hottest three-month period on earth recorded – WMO
Hottest three-month period on earth recorded – WMO

The hottest three-month period on earth has been recorded with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and much extreme weather, the World...

No resumption of grain deal after Turkey-Russia talks
No resumption of grain deal after Turkey-Russia talks

There has been no resumption of the grain deal to export Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea after talks between...

Appointment of new Kepak Foods CEO announced
Appointment of new Kepak Foods CEO announced

Irish food company, Kepak Group has today (Monday, September 4), announced the appointment of Brian Farrell as its new CEO...

Ukraine: First vessel leaves Odesa since grain deal ending
Ukraine: First vessel leaves Odesa since grain deal ending

The first vessel has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa since the end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative last...

UK produce to be showcased at Hong Kong trade show
UK produce to be showcased at Hong Kong trade show

Beef, lamb, pork and dairy products from the UK will be showcased at a trade show in Hong Kong this...

Green fertiliser to decarbonise cereal cultivation in Germany
Green fertiliser to decarbonise cereal cultivation in Germany

A co-operation agreement aimed at decrabonising cereal cultivation in Germany through the use of green fertiliser has been signed between...

German meat production falls by 5.9% in first half of 2023
German meat production falls by 5.9% in first half of 2023

Meat production in Germany has declined by 5.9% in the first half of 2023, compared to last year, according to...

CAFRE: Managing swards in unpredictable weather
CAFRE: Managing swards in unpredictable weather

Recent wet weather across Northern Ireland has resulted in grass swards being ineffectively grazed, damaged or not harvested, which not...

From drought to flooding: Food insecurity continues in northern Kenya
From drought to flooding: Food insecurity continues in northern Kenya

After five failed rainy seasons and severe drought for over two years, northern Kenya was hit by floods once the...

FAO food price index rises after grain deal termination
FAO food price index rises after grain deal termination

The termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative has influenced a rise in global food commodity prices last month, the...

Biofuel companies in China audited over potential fraud
Biofuel companies in China audited over potential fraud

Unannounced integrity audits have been carried out at several biodiesel and hydrotreated vegetable oil plants in China following reports of...

German supermarket charges ‘true costs’ of meat and dairy
German supermarket charges ‘true costs’ of meat and dairy

German supermarket Penny has raised its prices of nine mainly dairy and meat products to reflect their “true costs” on...

NI road users asked to be mindful of farmers amid wet weather
NI road users asked to be mindful of farmers amid wet weather

Road users have been asked to be mindful of farmers and their working conditions as the wet weather continues across...