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.

Booths supplied with mislabelled meat in 2021
Booths supplied with mislabelled meat in 2021

UK supermarket Booths has confirmed that it was supplied with meat products which claimed to be British when in fact...

International food commodity prices continue to decline
International food commodity prices continue to decline

International food commodity prices have declined for the eleventh consecutive month in February 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of...

BASF closes ammonia production plant in Germany
BASF closes ammonia production plant in Germany

German chemicals company BASF has announced the closure of one ammonia production plant at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen due to...

Countdown is on to the 154th Balmoral Show this May
Countdown is on to the 154th Balmoral Show this May

The 154th Balmoral Show celebrating the best in food, farming and rural life at Balmoral Park, Lisburn from May 10-13,...

DeLaval to grow production capacity of automatic milking systems
DeLaval to grow production capacity of automatic milking systems

DeLaval has today (Wednesday, February 15) announced investment plans to increase its production capacity of automatic milking machines to meet...

Vets in ROI-NI border region call for traditions to be maintained
Vets in ROI-NI border region call for traditions to be maintained

Veterinary practitioners in the border region have raised concerns about the accreditation standards of a potential new vet school in...

Columbian sanctuary saves fighting bulls from slaughter
Columbian sanctuary saves fighting bulls from slaughter

The “world’s first” sanctuary for Spanish fighting bulls has been founded in Colombia to prevent discarded animals from being slaughtered....

MEP: NI Protocol discussions ‘getting more positive by the day’
MEP: NI Protocol discussions ‘getting more positive by the day’

Potential progress in terms of proposed trade channels under the Northern Ireland Protocol could be on the cards as a...

AgriSearch invests £300,000 in research on N-efficient silage
AgriSearch invests £300,000 in research on N-efficient silage

AgriSearch has announced investment of over £300,000 in research on the feasibility and practicalities of producing silage without the use...

Graphic video: ‘Ukrainian farmers cannot risk their lives on minefields’
Graphic video: ‘Ukrainian farmers cannot risk their lives on minefields’

Every day Ukrainian farmers risk their lives saving crops in their fields and livestock on their farms as they continue...

GDT price index drops slightly at latest event
GDT price index drops slightly at latest event

The second Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event of 2023 saw its price index fall slightly by 0.1% today (Tuesday, January...

Record-breaking heat across Europe on New Year’s Day
Record-breaking heat across Europe on New Year’s Day

2023 is off to a warm start with record-breaking heat across several European countries on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, according...

How climate change has left millions without food in northern Kenya
How climate change has left millions without food in northern Kenya

The number of people suffering from acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa – southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Somalia...

Arrests in Spain after €1.5m generated in illegal horsemeat sale
Arrests in Spain after €1.5m generated in illegal horsemeat sale

Over half a tonne of horsemeat has been seized during raids in Spain with 41 people arrested for selling potentially...

Need to drastically reduce emissions ‘not addressed’ at COP27
Need to drastically reduce emissions ‘not addressed’ at COP27

The 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt has failed to address the need to drastically...

COP27: Developed countries disproportionately consume global carbon budget
COP27: Developed countries disproportionately consume global carbon budget

The presidency of the 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) expressed “deep regret” that developed countries continue to...

Ukraine grain export deal extended for 120 days
Ukraine grain export deal extended for 120 days

The Black Sea Grain Initiative to export grain from ports in Ukraine will be extended for 120 days, according to...

NZ beef and lamb among most carbon efficient in the world
NZ beef and lamb among most carbon efficient in the world

New research on agricultural emissions has shown that the carbon footprint of beef and lamb produced in New Zealand (NZ)...