Healthy Food for All and safefood are establishing a sf_rgbDemonstration Programme on Community Food Initiatives and are looking for funding applications from eligible groups and organisations. As the programme has an all-island focus, a minimum of two projects will be
Growing Awareness: Local Food Production Day – West Cork
This year An Sanctoir has begun to look at community food-growing activities and is taking part in this year’s Growing Awareness farm walk programme. The guided walk will take in the An Sanctoir’s ‘Nature Trail’ which supports a wide variety
A Taste of Dear Old Skibbereen « Food Culture West Cork
A Taste of Dear Old Skibbereen September 8, 2008 by ivanmcc My journey to work this morning was considerably enriched by Sinead O’Connor’s beautifully direct and unadorned rendition of Dear Old Skibbereen. I had been trying to gather my thoughts
Blight resistant GM potatoes?
What do GM potatoes mean for future blight control? What does GM potatoes mean for future blight control? – 07/12/2006 – FarmersWeekly. This article was from 2006. In September 2008 the Farming Today radio program discussed the issue: [podcast]http://organiccollege.com/dl-blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/farming_20080901-gm-potatoes.mp3[/podcast]GM1 –
Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert
The planned project would use solar power to evaporate salt water, generating cool air and pure water thereby allowing food to be grown Seawater greenhouse project could turn deserts into fertile land for food and water | Environment | guardian.co.uk.
Monbiot.com » Strange Fruit
A hard commercial logic dictates that the only way to get good fruit today is to grow your own. Monbiot.com » Strange Fruit
Useful Gardening Forums
Below are links to some UK and Irish forums that are good for getting advice on growing food. Do leave a comment if you know of any more good ones. Grow Your Own Kitchen Garden River Cottage SallyGarden Smallholding Garden
Global Food Crisis 2008 from Global Issues.org
Food prices have been rising for a while. In some countries this has resulted in food riots and in the case of Haiti where food prices increased by 50-100%, the Prime Minister was forced out of office. Elsewhere people have
National Organic Week – College Open afternoon
There will be and ‘Open afternoon‘ here at College on Thursday 18th Sept 2 to 5 p.m. Events will include Tours of the gardens, winter crops, potato varieties tasting, advice on courses, conversion and becoming a co-producer. About National Organic
National Organic Week – College Open afternoon
There will be and ‘Open afternoon‘ here at College on Thursday 18th Sept 2 to 5 p.m. Events will include Tours of the gardens, winter crops, potato varieties tasting, advice on courses, conversion and becoming a co-producer. About National Organic