SMARTDEER is research project by UCD aimed at producing an up-to-date map of deer species in Ireland. Currently, we do not know how many deer there are in Ireland and where they are all located, so we need your help. There are four species of deer in Ireland –...
As part of the Better Regulation Evaluation of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD) and the impact assessment of its planned revision, DG SANTE launched, on 18 January 2021, an online public consultation asking stakeholders and members of the public to...
Due to COVID-19 a lot of artisans have had to adapt their business model overnight. Old Farm is just one of them. Alfie McCaffrey and Margaret Farrell were running Old Farm as a smallholder B&B in Tipperary. When the COVID-19 restrictions were announced in...
Eat more fish! Food Smart Dublin is on a mission to encourage us to eat more fish, to promote sustainable seafood consumption. As seafood consumers, we normally opt for salmon, tuna, cod and haddock, ignoring the more sustainable seafood available in the seas...
We received information from the RDS Spring Awards about a new category – Sustainable Farming Sustainable Living Awards which celebrate the work of individuals, farm families and organisations, who are enhancing the economic, environmental and social development...
Yet again, Evan Doyle and the Crew at BrookLodge, Macreddin Village have surpassed themselves with this year’s offering of Wild&Slow. Each year, Slow Food Sugarloaf presents their annual Wild and Slow Celebration. The day commences with a Wild Foods Masterclass...
