The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is an integral part of the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Loughry is one of the three campuses of CAFRE and is the College’s Centre of Excellence for food technology.

It has lead responsibility for people development and knowledge & technology transfer programmes in the food processing and supply industry. Loughry provides key expertise in food manufacture, innovation, safety, packaging and waste minimisation.

Our dedicated team of technologists work with over 250 businesses each year, across all the key sectors, encouraging innovation, promoting the adoption of appropriate technology and providing a comprehensive range of accredited training.

We tailor our technological development and support programmes to meet both the needs of individual businesses and the Industry as a whole, with a client base ranging from business start-up through to multi-national companies.

Our technologists have access to world-class facilities in our Food Technology Centre and Food Business Incubation Centre.

With more than 20 years experience of working with food businesses, we treat client confidentiality as a key priority.

Please see the News & Events section of the website for up and coming seminars and events.

Location:

Loughry Campus

Head of Food Technology Development:

Joy Alexander

Contact Details:

joy.alexander@dardni.gov.uk

Telephone:

028 8676 8101 (Use 048 8676 8101 from ROI)