by Administrator | Jul 15, 2021 | Grower Feature
Starting from scratch by Jeremy Haworth We began with a jungle, a half-acre overrun by almost three decades of neglect. An invasive thicket of bamboo vied with aggressive regiments of thistle. Beside the half-dead orchard, gnarled with nettle and ivy, broken-down...
by Administrator | Jul 14, 2021 | Internship
A Day in the Life (Summer 2021) Continuing our series of blogs by our current interns we hear from Sally who tells us about her impressions of visiting two successful organic horticultural enterprises Castleruddery Organic Farm (Hilda & Dominic Quinn) and...
by Administrator | Jun 14, 2021 | News, OGI News
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by Administrator | Jun 14, 2021 | Internship
A day in the life… Maria, who is currently undertaking the OGI internship program in Organic Horticulture on Glasraí farm in Co. Mayo, tells us about one of the workshop days that she completed recently. On June 1st we were in Cloughjordan Eco Village...
by Administrator | Jun 14, 2021 | Education
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...