13: Fergal Smith: veg & livestock farmer, Co. Clare
Fergal Smith owns the 66-acre Moy Hill Farm in West Clare. He keeps Dexter cattle, Jacob sheep and runs a large market garden. He sells all his produ...
Farming for Nature
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A podcast by Irish farmers for Irish farmers - and anyone else who eats food! Hear how farmers balance making a living, with making space for nature. FFN is a not-for-profit initiative set up by scientists and farmers to restore the ecological health of the Irish countryside.
12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust
Patrick Holden is a dairy farmer at Bwlchwernen Fawr in Wales, UK and campaigns for more sustainable food systems. He speaks here during the Burren W...
11: James Rebanks, Lake District, UK
James Rebanks has a family-owned farm in the Lake District in northern England, and is the author of The Shepherd’s Life & English Pastoral. He explai...
10: Bridget Murphy, mixed farmer, Co. Sligo
Bridget is an 9th generation farmer with 125 acres on the Ox Mountains. She farms sheep, horses, trees and native Irish bees.
9: Darina Allen, Ballymaloe, Co. Cork
Darina Allen owns a 100 acre mixed farm in east Cork, with fruit & vegetables, pigs, beef, dairy cows and hens.
8: Feargal Ó Cuinneagáin, Farmer, Mayo
Feargal explains how he farms his land in Mayo in a way that enhances life for endangered species such as corncrake, twite and chough. His farm is now...
7: Donna Mullen, biomass farmer, Co. Meath
Donna Mullen farms 43 acres in Meath. She explains how she encourages as much wildlife on her farm as possible.
6: Padraig Corcoran, sheep & beef farmer, Roscommon
Padraig Corcoran has a beef and sheep farm in Mount Plunkett in Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon. He talks about how he manages his 54 acre farm for food produ...
5: Olly Nolan, honey & beef farmer, Co. Dublin
Olly farms in the valley of Glenasmole in the Dublin Mountains. He's new to farming, and talks about his approach to producing food and habitats for w...
4: Ailbhe Gerrard, mixed farmer, Tipperary
Ailbhe Gerrard farms on the shores of Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary. Her approach to farming is not limited to food - she also tries to produce better ...