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Ted Cook visited the college on Tuesday and his presentation focused on the law in relation to the environment and particularly to trees, weeds and bees. Outlining the features of the country’s oldest Brehon Law Code, he explained how these

Jonathan Spazzi of Whitegate Co. Clare gave a very informative presentation on the value and significance of Mushrooms.  This was followed by a field trip to Ballinruane Woods in Kilmeedy, where a wide variety of Mushrooms were found and identified,  outstanding

We took our Beekeeping students on a tour to Andy Bourk’s Honey House today. Its the beekeeping class tasting the fruits of the year, which doubled  production of honey over last year and increased the bees stock as well. Andy

In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of agriculture” — the prestigious World Food Prize — for creating GMOs. Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a

The pictures give a flavour of the magic of Limerick/Tipperary’s best kept landscape secret. Clare Glens has thankfully escaped mass tourism and was an artist’s delight on Wednesday last. The flood rich foaming Clare river, framed by the edgy sandstone

We would like to thank all our students who participated in getting fruit, vegetables and preserves ready for the Limerick Show this year.  Our students grow all the produce and make all the jams and chuttneys within the College.  They

Our Students have developed a taste for Competition and decided to entre the Newcastle-West Flower Show, they wanted to see how their fruit and veg would stand up to competition and as a result of this we would like to

The sun shone warmly as gardeners, food enthusiasts and people for a good day out gathered last Sunday in record numbers at An tIonad Glas, the Organic College, Dromcollogher for the annual Open Day. From early afternoon whole families came

We would like to invite you to our Open Day on Sunday 28th July 2013 from 2pm to 5pm at the college. Everyone is welcome – if you’re a prospective student, interested in organic growing, organic food or just looking

We need a resilient agriculture and food policy! Dr Colin Sage, a leading author on food and the environment and senior lecturer in U.C.C. called for a resilient agriculture and food policy, as the only way to reduce the worst