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Internship 2020
The start of the year looked positive with about 35 applicants and 9 host farms all chomping at the bit for a new season of growth and learning!
History of the OGI
A Brief History of the OGI. The Organic Growers of Ireland was first conceived as an idea on a farm walk (where else), back in the summer of 2008. At the time it was felt that there was a need for a body to represent growers and who better to do it than ourselves. In...
Internship Programme 2020
A year ago, getting up at six in the morning during a pandemic to go harvest leeks in horizontal rain, probably wasn’t quite I had I mind. But here I am catching a smile on my face on the way to work. It’s hard not to love working with great people…
Sales models – A small market gardeners perspective
The Savage Garden. This year saw us change our sales model from market trading to online sales and deliveries due to the first Covid-19 lockdown. As our market was relatively new, small and unestablished, it didn’t survive…
Carrot root fly
Carrot root fly is the main pest of members of the carrot family, in both conventional and organic growing. There are no treatments for carrot root fly, only…
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