There is nothing quite like that first bite into a juicy sweet strawberry that welcomes in the summer. A dessert in their own right, they’re also a delicious ingredient in baking and salads with the added benefit of being full of essential nutrients. Throw ‘locally-produced’ into the mix and you […]
Perhaps one of the most positive things to come out of lockdown has been the recognition that the NeighbourFood initiative has received. At a time when farmer’s markets were closed down and the livelihood of small local food producers under threat, NeighbourFood provided a platform that supported these producers thus […]
Denis O’Donovan, his wife Collette, and their son Eoghan farm on the Wild Atlantic Way between Rosscarbery and Glandore where their Jersey cross Friesian herd produce high solids of milk of superb quality from grazed grass on Roury Hill Farm. The family are part of a group of West Cork […]
It’s always good to hear a good news story. And never more so than now. ‘Cultivate’ is a new brand in the field of farm finance. Operated by 26 credit unions across Ireland, it offers short to medium-term loan finance built specifically around the growing needs of Irish farmers. Bantry […]
Máire Ahern McCarthy took up her new position as Branch Manager for Bank of Ireland Clonakilty, Skibbereen and Bantry in April when Ireland was just a few weeks into lockdown. Not the foot perhaps that she envisaged her new role to take off on but none-the-less a good test of […]
Carbery was founded in 1965 as a joint venture between four creameries and Express Dairies, UK. Now fully owned by the four West Cork co-ops of Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird, the group has been proudly producing cheese, dairy and nutritional ingredients from its facility in Ballineen for over 50 […]
