Philip and Ann Moynagh
Philip and Ann Moynagh started Corduff Organic Farm in 1999 with the main intention of producing healthy, organic and fresh food for themselves and their family. The farm quickly developed into a successful organic horticulture and beef system as it remains today. Currently there are 3 large polytunnels which are no-dig systems and there is 2 acres of field vegetables. Compost is made on the farm. A variety of vegetables are sold direct to customers via a vegetable box scheme. There is a small herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus and Irish Moiles on the farm. Philip believes that these breeds are well suited to the heavier land as they are less likely to poach and damage the soil. A big believer in regenerative agriculture, Philip grazes the cattle in a paddock grazing system where they are moved to fresh pasture every day.
Pioneers of organic Irish vegetable production, Ann and Philip are passionate about education, and they believe in the value of showing people how to produce food in a way that works with nature rather than against it. They have welcomed over 140 WWOOFers to their farm over the years. They get immense joy and fulfilment watching people from all over the world learn first-hand the importance of local and organic food production. Philip and Ann have put up bee and bird boxes around the farm. Hedgerows are managed for biodiversity and wildlife. No chemicals are used on the land and external inputs are kept to an absolute minimum.
Nomination Description:
Corduff Organic Farm has been run by Philip & Ann Moynagh since 1999 and has been producing top quality organic vegetables ever since . Their organic potatoes, carrots and parsnips are legendary and they have been supplying to local markets and from their farm . In addition they have also peedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle and have also been breeding pedigree Irish Moiles since 2006 " ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โโฃ This is a quote from them, and as well as having a diversity of crops and animals the farm has several important habitats . The farm also carried hives and the farm produces its own honey also. There are lost of wild areas on the farm as well as some native trees interspersing the grassland. The Moynagh's are a great example of how a thriving sustainable organic production system works with nature and how both benefit .
Nominator: Johh Brennan, Manager, Leitrim Organic Farmers Coop