Greystones Film Club: Dinner 2050: The Future of Food

Dinner 2050: The Future of Food in Ireland explores how Ireland will eat in 2050 – looking at issues such as how technology will change farming, food security, robot chefs, drone deliveries and sustainability in the food supply chain and is due to reach a large audience in 2024.

This event will also include a panel discussion with the filmmakers. 

The documentary features key players in the food industry in Ireland including the following: 

JP McMahon – Michelin Star Chef, Food Historian and Author 

Bryce Evans – Food Historian , Author and Lecturer in Hope University Liverpool Claire Mac Evilly – CEO Airfield Estate Urban Farm, Dublin’s Sustainable Food Hub 

Dolores O’Riardan – Director of UCD’s Institute of Food and Health 

Cathy Curran – Communications Officer with National Dairy Council 

Gillian Westbrook – CEO of Irish Organic Assoication 

Lara Hanlon – A Food Systems Strategist with Portion Colab 

Mark O’Riardan – Hivemind Beekeeping Group 

Gerry Boland – Animal rights Activist, Author and Founder of Animals Behind Closed Doors 

Anke Klitzing – Lecturer of Gastronomy at TU Dublin 

Brian O’Toole – Wildacres Nature Reserve, Redcross, Co. Wicklow 

Stefan Griesbach – Gannet Fishmongers, Galway 

Jennifer McConnell – Former Director of Irish Seed Savers 

Niall Sabongi – Restaurateur and Owner of Sustainable Seafood Ireland 

Sinead O’Brien – Connemara Abalone Farm 

Lynda Douglas – Ballynerrin Free Range Eggs, Wicklow Town 

Ed Hanbridge – Hemp and Beef Farmer from C 

Jim Callery – Climate Action Officer, Wicklow County Council 

Bobby Miller – Farmer from Loais and Chairman of Irish Grain Growers 

Tom Burgess – Dairy farmer and Award Winning Cheese maker from Coolattin Margaret Hoctor – Lamb Farmer From Kilmullen Farm, Wicklow