College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

Agricultural university in Northern Ireland

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is a public tertiary level land-based college offering training in agriculture, food technology, horticulture, equine and agri-business operating at three sites in Northern Ireland.

The college is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) of the Northern Ireland Executive.^[1]

It is an associate member of the Landex consortium of "Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence".^[2]

Campuses

Greenmount Campus at Muckamore near Antrim in County Antrim (originally Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, founded in 1912).
Enniskillen Campus at Levaghy near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
Loughry Campus between Cookstown and Dungannon in County Tyrone (founded in 1908 as The Ulster Dairy School).

References

^ Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
^ Landex: Membership

External links

Official website
Daily Telegraph: College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise guide

Agriculture in the United Kingdom

Economy of the United Kingdom
Agriculture

Companies

ADAS (company)
Arla Foods UK
Bernard Matthews
Faccenda Foods
Farmcare
Frontier Agriculture
Genus
Müller Milk & Ingredients
NFU Mutual
Norbrook Group
Openfield
Saputo Dairy UK
Vestey Holdings

Conservation

Government
and regulation

History

Agricultural Revolution British timber trade Celtic field Common land Corn Laws Diggers Dutch barn Enclosure Haughley Experiment Highland Clearances Highland Potato Famine Lowland Clearances Napier Commission Rationing Run rig Rural Reconstruction Association Scottish Agricultural Revolution Swing Riots Victory garden Women's Land Army - WWI / WWII
Foot-and-mouth	1967 2001 2007

Nations and regions

England	Agriculture in Cheshire Agriculture in London Cuisine Cornwall Devon Fishing
Scotland	Animal breeds Shetland Crofting Scottish Crofting Foundation Cuisine Factor Fishing Royal Highland Show Scotland Food & Drink
Wales	Animal breeds Cuisine Royal Welsh Show Tŷ unnos Fishing
Northern Ireland	Cuisine

Non-governmental
organisations

Unions	Farmers' Union of Wales National Farmers' Union of England and Wales National Farmers' Union of Scotland Ulster Farmers' Union Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster
British Egg Industry Council British Poultry Council Country Land and Business Association Fresh Start Initiative Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences James Hutton Institute Museums Museum of English Rural Life National Museum of Rural Life National Non-Food Crops Centre Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre Rothamsted Research Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Soil Association Tenant Farmers Association Universities and colleges CAFRE Royal Agricultural University Scotland's Rural College

Unions

Sectors

Other

Category

Education in Northern Ireland

Administration

Departments	Department of Education Department for the Economy Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Other government organisations	Education Authority Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment
Sector support organisations	Controlled Schools' Support Council Council for Catholic Maintained Schools Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta

Institutions

Universities	Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster Open University
University colleges	St Mary's University College Stranmillis University College
Further education colleges	Belfast Metropolitan College Northern Regional College North West Regional College Southern Regional College South Eastern Regional College South West College
Agricultural college	College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Theological colleges	Belfast Bible College Edgehill Theological College Irish Baptist College Union Theological College Whitefield College of the Bible
Schools	Irish medium primary Primary Irish medium secondary Secondary Grammar Integrated
Nurseries	Irish medium