Toonsbridge Dairy and The Real Olive Company wrote a new chapter in their story with the opening of a warehouse shop in Bandon last month. What started out as The Real Olive Company in a small stall by the fountain in the English Market in 1993 has since grown into […]
Food & Drinks
The garden is producing at full speed. There are gazillions of green things – kale, spinach, salad leaves, rocket and chard and lots of potential with all the new seedlings. We have some experimental crops on-the-go this spring, spurred on by last month’s conversations about food security. We’ve sown quinoa, […]
Recent global events have directed our attention to the question of food security, and insecurity – a matter of great importance in the collective Irish memory. As politicians and farmers’ organisations call for urgent changes in our farming practices, it is worth reflecting on the meaning of food security and […]