Food production and processing: GCSE Home Economics Support Workshop
Various Dates
Loughry Campus
Explore the food production and processing techniques at Loughry Campus, Cookstown.
Book your students to attend this one-day practical workshop to explore food production and processing of cereals and crops with a focus on sustainability
- Tuesday 10th March 2026
- Friday 20th March 2026
- Tuesday 14th April 2026
- Wednesday 22nd April 2026
This programme will develop your pupils’ understanding of food production and processing through practical examples using in the Food Technology Centre at CAFRE.
Key areas that will be covered are:
– The Food Supply Chain for growing and harvesting wheat
– Primary and secondary stages of food processing and production in relation bread manufacture
– The role of fortification and additives in bread manufacture
When booking places, tickets must be requested for each pupil attending, not one ticket per school booking.
Registration: 9.45am
Workshop starts: 10.00am
Workshop finishes: 2.00pm
Pupils may bring their own snacks and lunch or purchase food from the outlets on campus.
For further information email: CAFRErecruitment@daera-ni.gov.uk