Be part of making the change! The Organic Centres' v popular Level V Year long course in Horticulture is now open for applications til Feb 3rd. An incredible opportunity to learn how to grow organically, or consider that future business.Pippa Hackett msletb.ie/further-educat…

Funding for Natural History & Conservation films is crucial the we are very grateful to our supporters for providing both the finance and the creative freedom to make this one happen RTÉ Creative Ireland @npwsBioData BAI & S481

Hello again, twitter - still over here doing our bit #harescorner

🌎 Nitrogen overuse has devastating environmental impacts. Yet 85 to 95% of nitrogen #fertilizers applied to soil is lost and doesn’t reach our plates. New report by FiBL shows how to reduce #nitrogen use without endangering #FoodSecurity. Learn more:

This report notes that current Life Cycle Assessment methodologies (such as those proposed for eco-labelling in the UK) "tend to favour high-input intensive agricultural systems and misrepresent less intensive agroecological systems, such as organic." This is true, real problem.

The Mother Earth Food Happening is coming to The Wonderful Barn in Leixlip on Saturday, January 27 – as part of Brigid 1500! This culinary delight will feature talks, workshops and demonstrations, starring some of the leading women in Irish food... hotpress.com/lifestyle-spor…

@brigid1500 Featuring K A I Chantelle Nicholson Darina Allen @deelaffan Catherine Cleary "Code Red for Humanity" Bech-Bailey @ThatAliceCooks Sinead Moran Jane Russell & many more... Kildare County Council Intel Ireland hotpress.com/lifestyle-spor…

Two star-studded events – supported by Intel Ireland – are coming to The Wonderful Barn in Leixlip this weekend, celebrating women in Irish food & music Intel's Sarah Sexton discusses the importance of celebrating culture & community in Kildare Brigid 1500 hotpress.com/culture/intel-…

Been looking at this all week… with some concern Some unsavoury characters like Tucker Carlson or Andrew Tate pop up regularly on farmer Facebook… But I know some of those farmers and they’re RTing the pro farming message with no awareness at all who the person is

BirdWatch Ireland, An Taisce & Environmental Pillar urge public to get behind their #SavetheSkydancer campaign to highlight the nearing of the Hen Harrier’s national extinction, to take action & make submission to draft Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan consultation environmentalpillar.ie/birdwatch-irel…

I’ve been increasingly concerned about who has been jumping on the No Farmer No Food bandwagon… The whole campaign sits uncomfortably with me, in part due to the dubious actors muscling in. James perfectly articulating my thoughts on this 👇

A thread 🧵1/n: Hedgerows are Ireland’s life-supporting network of food, shelter, and verdant/cultural beauty amidst a landscape that is largely based around intensively managed lands where all other species are mostly left behind to make do or die.

Can NOT WAIT for TheJournal.ie live at The Dean, Galway, Thur, 23rd May A climate crisis convo with Ella McSweeney Fionnuala Jay, Rory Monaghan of Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway, Lauren Boland Sinead Moran Join us for nibbles, drinks and a great evening but REGISTER (free): bit.ly/3UEARwk

She's my No.1 🙌

Knowledgeable #wildflower peeps - is this Bugle?

Lovely visit to Gleann Buí Farm today, thank you Sinead Moran for showing me around, an incredible dairy system that's working with nature

Summer Day (rarely getting more than 1 this season!) 🫠

Ribwort plantain (Plantago laceolata). Regarded as a weed in intensive farming. But when found in species rich grassland it has a crazy number of overlooked benefits, not least that cows love it and seek it out as a natural wormer. 1/

Just one example of what Farming For Nature has to teach. Sinead Moran Sinead Moran from Gleann Bui Farm near Knock, Co Mayo shared this and more wisdom on Countrywide yesterday. Listen 👉 rte.ie/radio/podcasts…