This week I visited Paul McCormick and Jacinta French at Woodkerne Nurseries near Skibbereen who are trying to rekindle our interest in growing apples and nuts. What’s happened to apples and nuts? « Food Culture West Cork Or read the
A Grá for straw
Here’s a great video from 6 years ago about straw bale building in Ireland. You can read more about it and find the links for parts 2 and 3 on Rob’s blog: A Blast from the Past No.2: Natural Building
Richard Heinberg's MuseLetter: The Food and Farming Transition
An excellent article from Richard Heingberg – it’s quite long but well worth reading: The only way to way avert a food crisis resulting from oil and natural gas price hikes and supply disruptions while also reversing agriculture’s contribution to
Compost: Update
Composting is one of the cornerstones of Organic Growing. We have just updated all the resources on compost in the Essential Organics course so you might like to have a look there for some comprehensive information on how to make
Diversity and Importance of Earthworms
Scientists have found that the UK and Ireland’s common or garden earthworms are far more diverse than previously thought, a discovery with important consequences for agriculture. Here’s a great video made by the biologists who made the discovery:
Soil Association Apprentice Scheme
The Soil Association in the UK is officially launching its Organic Apprenticeship Scheme. Might anybody be inerested in something similar for Ireland? Details of the Soil Association Scheme.
Scramble for allotment plots as veg growing booms
Sales of herbs, fruit and vegetable plants soar by 66% in past six years THE recession has led to long waiting lists for public allotments as rising food prices prompted increasing numbers to grow their own fruit and veg. Link
Organic College on RTE Farmweek!
Last week the college was featured on RTE’s Farmweek radio program. You can listen to the show below: [podcast]http://organiccollege.com/wp-content/uploads/farmweek-20080919-organic-college.mp3[/podcast]Download mp3 file
Organic College on RTE Farmweek!
Last week the college was featured on RTE’s Farmweek radio program. You can listen to the show below: [podcast]http://organiccollege.com/wp-content/uploads/farmweek-20080919-organic-college.mp3[/podcast]Download mp3 file
Meat must be rationed to prevent climate change
Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change • Study looks at food impact on greenhouse gases • Return to old-fashioned cooking habits urged * Juliette Jowit, The Guardian, Tuesday September 30 2008 Link