Can Organic Agriculture feed the world?

Can Organic Agriculture feed the world?

Can Organic Agricutlure Feed the World? by Noel Clinton   Before any discussion on whether organic farming methods can feed a growing world population is undertaken it is important to first take a quick look at how the current global food system (GFS) is managing...
Seeds for the Future

Seeds for the Future

Seeds for the Future Jason Horner The pandemic has been a time of huge upheaval, but from that upheaval, new opportunities have arisen. For example, growers have benefitted from an increased demand for fresh and local food, with sales figures for organic produce...
Supervalu Food Academy Programme

Supervalu Food Academy Programme

My journey through the Food Academy Programme and ending up on the Supervalu shelves by Una Wycherley     I have been farming and growing for many years working and learning from some of whom I regard so highly in this profession, and I am very grateful for...
Growing in a glasshouse

Growing in a glasshouse

Growing in a glasshouse by Oisín Kenny       2021 is year 9 for me as a market gardener, another ‘year like no other’. It is at this time of year that spending the vast majority of my working days inside a 34m x 16m glasshouse pays its...
Horticultural Hindsight

Horticultural Hindsight

Horticultural Hindsight (or how to reinvent yourself after a long career) by Jason Horner   (originally written for the Organic Grower (magazine of the Organic Growers Alliance, UK) in Winter 2020) Everyone has advice for growers who are just starting out, the...