Farming For Nature

The National Farming for Nature Award has just a few weeks left for nominations to find the Farming For Nature Ambassadors for 2019 – deadline 12th May.  This award aims to source and share stories of farmers across Ireland who are adjudged to be managing their land and livestock in a way that really benefits […]

This month we would like to introduce you to a farmer whose family have farmed in the Burren region for many generations. Oliver Nagle manages a traditional Burren Winterage farm on the slopes of Slieve Carran in a way that benefits both his farming system and the rich biodiversity and archaeology found on the site. This is

The Farming For Nature Award 2019 is now open for nominations until 12TH MAY 2019.  This award aims to source and share stories of farmers across Ireland who are judged to be managing their land and livestock in a way that benefits nature.  Do you know someone that would fit this. These awards are for

The Calvey Family from Keel, Co.Mayo are the inaugural winners of the National Farming for Nature Award 2018. This award was announced at a special event on the 27th October with MEP Mairead McGuinness in Kinvara, Galway as part of the 2018 Burren Winterage School.  Over the past four weeks members of the public, and

The inaugural winner of the National Farming for Nature Award 2018 will be announced by MEP Mairead McGuinness this Saturday, 27th October at a special event in in Kinvara, Co. Galway compered by journalist Ella McSweeney. The awards ceremony will be the closing event of the 2018 Burren Winterage School www.burrenwinterage.com which has delegates from

The winner of the Farming For Nature Award 2018 will be announced at the Burren Winterage School on the 27th October 2018 in Kinvara, Co.Galway.  The Burren Winterage School is an annual conference on High Nature Value Farming.  This year’s theme is ‘Farming For Nature’.  It will held on the 25th-27 October in Gort and

‘Farming for Nature’ – public vote launched Members of the public, and in particular the farming community, are being asked to vote for one of six shortlisted farmers as their top  pick for the 2018 National ‘Farming for Nature’ Award. The prestigious award is part of a wider independent initiative (www.farmingfornature.ie) which hopes to source,

This year’s Burren Winterage School is an extended and enriched affair, as befits a subject as diverse and fascinating as this year’s theme of ‘Farming for Nature’. In co-operation with Teagasc, and supported by the Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the school will take place in a number of locations across the ‘Galway

Padraig is a sheep and cattle farmer in Co. Roscommon who is doing great work in terms of farming for nature, demonstrating what can be achieved, promoting an appreciation for wildlife and the important role of farming, and inspiring others to carry out similar work and review current policies. He is very passionate about his

Donal Sheehan is a 70-cow dairy farmer based near Castlelyons in Co. Cork. While Donal runs what would at first be considered a ‘typical’ intensive farm, he has a keen interest in creating a more sustainable way of farming. He believes farmers can make a huge difference in improving biodiversity, lowering their carbon footprint and