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This course is sold out! Jim and Rory have announced a second date for the course – September 14th – sign up HERE. Join experienced salad growers Jim Cronin and Rory Magorrian for an in-depth, 1-day organic salad growing masterclass in Co Clare. Salad leaf production is lucrative as a crop, is sought after by […]

Learn what’s involved in converting to organic farming with this 25-hour / 2-weekend course in Organic Production Principles. Taught by Mary Lynch, the practical organic course is QQI Level 5 certified, and is accepted to gain access onto the Organic Farming Scheme. The course is one of the first since 2019 to take place in […]

BioFarm – Ireland’s Biological Farming Conference – returned for a fifth year in 2022! The highly-anticipated conference took place in-person in Carrick-on-Shannon and was also be streamed live online across five days from November 7th – 11th 2022. Full recordings of the conference are available to watch back for ticket holders from Wednesday November 16th. […]

Learn how to grow your restaurant business with an in-depth, 6-day, live online course with the highly-respected and renowned Blathnaid Bergin of The Business of Food. Has your business been affected by current global challenges? Is your business making you enough money? Could it be making more? Is it time to take time out and […]

Learn the important tools to avoid food waste in your business with a one-day online Masterclass with Blathnaid Bergin of The Business of Food. Taking place on Friday September 16th, this in-depth masterclass will give you the opportunity to examine how to avoid as much food waste as possible, that food waste is not inevitable, […]

NOTS are delighted to be partnering with Whole Health Agriculture to provide their Online Foundation Course in Progressive Farm Homeopathy again in 2025. This is a self-paced, distance learning course with live support sessions. You can start at any time to suit you. NOTS are providing funding rate to reduce the cost for Irish farmers […]

For the first time in Ireland, NOTS are delighted to provide funding for a course in learning to use Obsalim on your farm. Taking place in Cork across two days in July and August (and a final day later in the year), this course is run by UK-based experts Tony Pinkus and Edward De Beukelaer […]

NOTS are delighted to be facilitating a 5-day introductory course in Syntropic Agroforestry from July 20th – 24th, 2022 Led by Felipe Amato, a former student of Ernst Götsch, this course is 5 full days of morning theory and afternoon practice course at Hazel and Davi’s Wicklow Farm. NOTS are providing 40% funding for the […]

Learn new perspectives and possibilities for Farm-Scale Composting with this 2-day in person course with internationally-renowned composting expert Bruno Follador. Taking place on a working farm close to Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Bruno will teach you to develop dynamic ways of seeing and working with farm-scale composting. This is a high-demand course with just 25 places […]

Learn what’s involved in converting to organic farming with this 25-hour / 2-weekend course in Organic Production Principles. Taught by Mary Lynch, the practical organic course is QQI Level 5 certified, and is accepted to gain access onto the Organic Farming Scheme. The course is one of the first since 2019 to take place in […]