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Podcast Farming for Nature

Farming for Nature

Farming for Nature

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Frequency: 1 episode/49d. Total Eps: 43

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Conversations with Irish farmers about how and why they make space for nature while operating a profitable farm. FFN (https://www.farmingfornature.ie) is a not-for-profit initiative set up by scientists & farmers to restore the ecological health of Irish farmland.  FFN on twitter (https://twitter.com/farmfornature) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/farmingfornature/?hl=en)
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43: Making money from field to fork: farmers Liam and Justina Gavin, Roscommon

Episode 43

jeudi 16 mai 2024 • Duration 52:44

Liam and Justina Gavin own Drumanilra Organic Farm on the shores of Lough Key, Co. Roscommon. When they  took over the farm in 2012, they had two ambitions: to feed their family with home grown food, and to generate a sustainable and independent income from the farm by supplying food directly to the public.  They tell Brigid how they've done it.

42: On fungi and farming, with Thomas O'Connor

Episode 42

jeudi 25 avril 2024 • Duration 18:44

Thomas O’Connor farms 25 acres in the Gleann na nGealt valley near Camp, Co. Kerry, and sells his fresh organic produce in a farm shop, Manna Organic Store, in nearby Tralee.  He talks about how fungi is the basis of everything he produces on his land.

33: James Ham, the tree farmer.

Episode 33

mercredi 8 mars 2023 • Duration 34:35

James Ham of Moyvore, Co. Westmeath is one of the last farmers in his county to use traditional technique of hedge laying. He farms 128 acres with his wife Martina, and their land is 50% woodland, with the rest grass and spring barley.  He talks to Brigid about trees, coppicing and hedgerows.

James Ham's profile here.

Farming for Nature website here.

Contact Brigid info@farmingfornature.ie or go here.

Farming for Nature on twitter, facebook and instagram.

32: Rewilding with Eoghan Daltun, Beara, West Cork

Episode 32

mardi 28 février 2023 • Duration 28:57

Eoghan has a farm of 73 acres (including 40 acres of mountain commonage) overlooking the Atlantic near Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. For the last 12 years he has given 30 acres over to nature, mostly in the form of highly species-rich native Atlantic temperate rainforest.

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Eoghan - http://www.eoghandaltun.com
Farming for Nature- https://www.farmingfornature.ie/nominees/eoghan-daltun/
Contact Brigid - info@farmingfornature.ie
Twitter - https://twitter.com/farmfornature

31: Aoife Reilly - making a living on 7.5 acres

Episode 31

jeudi 26 janvier 2023 • Duration 29:01

Aoife Reilly of Glasraí Farm owns a 7.5-acre farm in Hollymount, Mayo, with her husband, Joe. They employ seven people, and nature is intrinsic to what they do.   The farm is highly productive not only in terms of food production but in terms of soil health and wildlife. There are three ponds, mixed hedgerows and a variety of trees, all of which provide habitats for wildlife.

Aoife's farm - https://www.glasrai.ie
Farming for Nature - https://www.farmingfornature.ie

Email: info@farmingfornature.ie
Address: Farming for Nature, C/O Burrenbeo Trust, Glebe Road, Kinvara, Co.Galway
Project Coordinator: Brigid Barry
Phone number: 087 1797352

30: Why the best time for producing a Christmas turkey is actually in the summer

Episode 30

mardi 6 décembre 2022 • Duration 28:07

Cathal Mooney owns Heather Hill Farm in Donegal, where he produces pasture-raised turkey, pasture-raised chickens, lambs and eggs and wildflower honey.  He says, "Our goal is to produce local food for the community. We want our customers to become friends and come to the farm to see how their food is produced.”

Guest - Cathal Mooney
Presenter - Brigid Barry

29: What do bats need to make a farm their home?

Episode 29

mardi 22 novembre 2022 • Duration 19:59

Donna Mullen has a 43-acre farm in Meath, and she's found different ways to make her farm a magnet for seven bat species.  She explains what she's done and how any farmer across Ireland can do the same...


Guest - Donna Mullen
Presenter - Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature
Contact - info@farmingfornature.ie
Twitter @farmfornature

28: And the winner of the Farming for Nature 2022 award is...

Episode 28

samedi 29 octobre 2022 • Duration 10:01

On 29th October, the annual Farming for Nature awards took place in Corofin, Co. Clare.  Brigid Barry spoke to the winner, Sean Condon, who is a dairy farmer from Limerick.


Guest - Sean Condon, Templeroe Dairy, Limerick
Presenter, Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature

27: So you have a bog on your farm...now what?

Episode 27

jeudi 27 octobre 2022 • Duration 17:04

Tommy Earley has a 25 acre bog on his farm in Roscommon, and a few years ago he started the process of restoring it.  What did he do?  And how did he do it?

Guest: Tommy Earley, beef farmer
Presenter: Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature

For more information visit https://www.farmingfornature.ie/nominees/tommyearley/

26: How Anthony Mooney attracts birds to his Kildare farm

Episode 26

vendredi 29 juillet 2022 • Duration 26:19

With a 200 acre beef farm in Kildare, Anthony Mooney knows that he has a vital role in attracting bird species to his land.  He explains how he does it.


Guest - Anthony Mooney, beef farmer
Presenter - Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature


For more information visit https://www.farmingfornature.ie
Contact Brigid - info@farmingfornature.ie
Twitter @farmfornature

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