Ciara O'Halloran
“Food Tourism – It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer”
Biography
Ciara O’Halloran is a 2019 Nuffield Scholar. Her area of research is“Food Tourism – It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer” Ciara is the managing director of theRedbank Food Co. Ciara grew up around her father’s seafood export business, working with Lobsters, Crabs, Mussels, Clams Oysters, however by her own admittance grew up eating the shellfish more so than working with them. She went on to study Outdoor Education and Leisure in Gmit before working in Youth and Community development for a number of years both in Ireland and overseas. During this time she worked in the areas of Youth leadership and mentoring. She left life in Zambia, where she had been volunteering with an Irish NGO to come home and restart her father’s seafood bus
Nuffield Study
“Food Tourism – It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer”
Ciara O’Halloran is a 2019 Nuffield Scholar. Her area of research is“Food Tourism – It’s potential use as an Educational Tool to shorten the gap between the Consumer and Producer” Ciara is the managing director of theRedbank Food Co. Ciara grew up around her father’s seafood export business, working with Lobsters, Crabs, Mussels, Clams Oysters, however by her own admittance grew up eating the shellfish more so than working with them. She went on to study Outdoor Education and Leisure in Gmit be
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Year
2019 Scholar
Location
Co. Ireland
Sector
Agri-Food
Education
Farm Enterprise
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