Sheep farming isn't easy. How do you get the most of it without sacrificing nature? Colum Ginnelly is maximising his returns both for nature and financially through participation in the Wild Atlantic Nature project. A leader in his community, he persuaded over 150 other neighbours to sign up, saying there was little point unless you […]
Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction, The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, involved 10 years of travel and research, exploring the plight of unique food diversity and food systems which are threatened and rapidly disappearing. Inspired by Slow Food’s Ark of Taste, Dan has spent much his career as a BBC […]
We are inviting farmers, landowners, or other agribusiness stakeholders to the launch of the SOILCRATES Living Lab at the Deebert House Hotel in Kilmallock on April 8th at 8 p.m. Attendees will learn how they can participate in restoring and preserving local soil quality.The Living Lab's main objectives include addressing soil health issues like nitrogen overuse and poor drainage, introducing innovative […]
Learn what’s involved in converting to organic farming with this 50-hour / 2 weekend course. Course must be completed by 1st of October 2025 to ensure OFS Payments. The course is QQI Level 5 certified, and is the standard accepted certificate required by DAFM to gain access onto the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS). The course is €200 […]
Ken Gill is an organic beef and tillage farmer near Edenderry Co. Offaly. He keeps around 60-70 suckler cows and finishes animals at 2 years, which are all completely grass-fed. Prior to 2015, he was farming conventionally but struggling to make it work financially. He tried organics and has been impressed with the results ‘'The […]
