Organic Grower Feature – Gorse Farm

Organic Grower Feature – Gorse Farm

Organic Grower Feature: Gorse Farm’s No-Dig Experience (2018 – 2020) By Janet Power, Farmer at Gorse Farm     Gorse Farm is a certified organic market garden located just outside Bunclody on the Carlow Wexford border. The growing area consists of...
Organic Grower Colman Power at Featherfield Farm

Organic Grower Colman Power at Featherfield Farm

Organic Grower Feature: Colman Power at Featherfield Farm By Colman Power, Grower at Featherfield Farm My name is Colman Power. I am an organic grower currently growing with Featherfield Farm in Kildare, Lullymore; just 45 minutes West of Dublin. The produce grown...
Glasraí Organic Farm

Glasraí Organic Farm

Feature Farm of the Month: Glasraí Organic Farm By Aoife Reilly, Grower at Glasraí Organic Farm We are a 7 acre farm in Co. Mayo. We have a team of employees (2 full-time, 4 part-time) alongside ourselves. Our main market route is farmers markets however we also do...
New Leaf Urban Farmers

New Leaf Urban Farmers

Feature Farm of the Month: New Leaf Urban Farmers By Kevin Wallace, Grower at New Leaf Urban Farmers     New Leaf Urban Farmers was established in 2016. We are a market garden of 1.5ac based in Ballyneety, County Limerick. We grow and supply specialist...
Our journey to organic growing…

Our journey to organic growing…

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...