Food Sovereignty & Farmer Protests: Where to now? Thanks to Paddy Bresnihan for organising a very stimulating day of discussions on land and local food.

A brilliant workshop it was too! Thanks patrick bresnihan TalamhBeo

Attending the ‘Food sovereignty and farmer protest- where to now’? Workshop at Maynooth University and hosted by patrick bresnihan and colleagues and food/land movements including Tallamh Beo

Theres a few extra days to complete this survey, it’s so important that all of us small agroecological/organic growers engage with this so we can be properly represented when it comes to future policy decisions

This Thursday evening CountyCarlowEnvironmentalNetwork are co-hosting The Quickening with Deirdre O'Mahony This forms part of our ongoing programme on building awareness of #foodsecurity of TalamhBeo connecting food consumers with producers

I spent time on a Farming For Nature walk on EamonnMcDonaghs mixed farm in Mayo. He ploughs 2 acres with ox, sells the veg direct, almost 0 inputs, profits almost 100% from his output. Is ruthlessly, organically profit focused. Here's a thread on what I learned...

Please share this survey for small and organic growers, so that Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine can further understand the value of these growers and help inform future policy decisions. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runne… Deadline is 15th April.

Watch: Farmer says new ‘buy local’ campaign needed agriland.ie/farming-news/w… #agriland

#talamhbeolocalfoodpolicy

Vegetables are losing their nutrients. “My concerns are policymakers choosing to invest in biofortification instead of supporting more enduring smallholder models of farming that could be more efficient and resilient than large-scale systems” ⁦ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Issue 2 is out! 3 new articles to remind us that whatever happens in one place is never isolated, nor should it be.

Global finance & Dublin housing; translocal struggles against mining; & the myopia of mainstream environmentalism.

Repositioning elsewhere rundale.org/2024/03/28/rep…

🇮🇪 Minister Eamon Ryan hits the mark on what failing to adopt the Nature Restoration Law means for the democratic decision-making process & our future

We call on Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 & Ursula von der Leyen to ensure the final adoption of the #RestoreNature law ASAP!

Feeding Ourselves Gathering Day 2 focused on local food economies & food hubs. Some great panels, workshops & discussions happening all day.
w John Brennan Drumshambo Food Hub, Imelda Mullen Green Box Cavan, Janet Power Gorse Farm TalamhBeo, Beth Bell Food Ethics Council Belfast.

So many ideas and so much energy today at Feeding Ourselves 2024 in Cloughjordan.

Key takeaways were potential for movement building around land reform and the development of TalamhBeo's local food policy talamhbeo.ie/projects/local…

A pleasure to open this year’s #FeedingOurselves conference in Cloughjordan Eco Village this morning. Some good discussions about farming within natural constraints, global markets, and the value of short supply chains. ARC 2020 Cultivate

📢ECVC welcomes an important milestone victory against the deregulation of #GMOs derived from NGTs. The EU Council has passed the informal deadline of 19 March without overcoming blocking points related to patents and GMO-free agriculture.

👀👉eurovia.org/press-releases…

#stopGMOs

Panel discussion now at #FeedingOursleves2024 about farmer protest and the future of farming. With Ella McSweeney Daniel Long farmers, TalamhBeo Ruth Hegarty oliver moore

The Feeding Ourselves program is a available to view! we’d love to see as many Talamh Beo members and supporters there as possible to join the conversation. 👨🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾

Hot off the press!
#FeedingOurselves24 programme now available!
Includes Pippa Hackett TalamhBeo Environmental Pillar Ella McSweeney Hannah Quinn-Mulligan Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social Fintan Kelly Oonagh Duggan Ruth Hegarty Elaine McGoff Irish Seed Savers & lots of folks not on twitter!
See organisations tagged too!

There is so much potential in Ireland for the public-commons partnership model - in particular thinking of the many possibilities for democratising energy and food production TalamhBeo TASC - Think tank for Action on Social Change feasta Rupture Bohemian Climate Cooperative

Too many have yet to grasp this fundamental, inescapable reality.

#NoNatureNoFood

(Graphic from Tony Whitehead)