College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

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

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  • 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 (formerly Enniskillen College of Agriculture, first student intake in 1967)
  • Loughry Campus between Cookstown and Dungannon in County Tyrone (founded in 1908 as The Ulster Dairy School)

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