NOTS are delighted to be bringing back our series of farm walks in the areas of organic and biological agriculture throughout summer 2022.

Aimed at looking at alternatives to high-input agriculture, the walks will showcase innovation on Irish farms and explain how farmers, by focusing on soil health, are achieving comparable yields to conventional agriculture in the absence of high chemical inputs.

Every penny of your individual ticket or season ticket fee will be donated to the Irish Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

With a focus on food security, and farm-based fertility programmes, the events will feature a wide range of enterprises implementing biological approaches such as multi-species grassland, composting, biodynamics, holistic management, and more, from a diverse group of farmers from all around Ireland. See full walk list below:

NOTS 2022 Organic & Biological Farm Walk Series:

• May 18^th: Gerard Deegan (Mullingar, Co Westmeath) – Beef, Composting & Forestry
• May 23rd: Rossa Gibbons (Skibbereen, Co Cork) – Agroforestry
• May 24^th: Gareth Culligan (Stabannan, Co Louth) – Arable / Combi-Crops
• June 14^th: Stuart Rogers (Knocknatulla, Co Meath) – Organic Arable & Specialist Hay
• June 22^nd: Kevin O’Hanlon – Pollard Farm (Ballywilliam, Co Wexford) – Dairy / Arable & Multi Species
• July 5^th: Alan Mooney (Kilcock, Co Kildare) – Biodynamic, Arable & Beef
• July 20^th: Norman Dunne (Maynooth, Co Kildare) – Biological / Arable & Poultry
• July 27^th: Kylie Magner – Magners Farm (Ballynonty, Co Tipperary) – Organic Poultry & Pork + Tourism
• August 3^rd: Mark Hanley (Mullymucks, Co Roscommon) – Organic Beef, Sheep & Arable
• August 10^th: Glasrai Farm – Aoife & Joe Reilly (Hollymount, Co Mayo) – Organic Horticulture

NEXT UP:

• September 21^st: Gleann Buí Farm – Sinead Moran & Michael McGrath (Aghamore, Co Mayo) – Organic Micro Dairy