I received a very welcome email from Patrick Holden the CEO of the sustainable food trust, inviting me to a meeting at the Royal Highgrove House, and a tour of the Royal Duchy Organic Farms and Orchards. The request was instigated by David Wilson, the overall manager of the Royal Duchy Farms , both Patrick […]
On the 22nd August 2018, our President Gary Healy signed a contract for plots of land at Rathbeggan Lakes allotments with the owner Mr Dave Robinson. Dave did a great deal for us on the land and also supplied for our usage a 40 ft polytunnel and a garden shed for our tools. Our sincere […]
We have great pleasure in announcing that our highly respected accountancy firm ‘ Whealan & Dowling‘ have chosen The Organic Institute as Charity Partner of the Year 2018. Our direct accountant Mr John Donnellan proposed us and it was immediately accepted by Mr Jason Dowling & Partners. This is a great privilege, especially when considering […]
I was pleased to attend the recent 3LM course at Ballmaloe, County Cork on Holistic Management. 3LM are doing wonderful work in the UK and Germany and I would like to thank Sheila and Christopher Cooke from 3LM for bringing these courses for the first-time to Ireland. The Holistic Management Course, sponsored by The National […]
In November 2017 I was invited to attend the National Organic Training Conference (NOTS) in the Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The conference was organised by The National Organic Training Skilnet and financed by the Department of Education. The seminar topic was ‘Future Organic Growers’ and it was wonderful to see so many young, enthusiastic […]
On Sunday 27th November 2017 I traveled to County Offaly on a double mission. The first call was to Dr Eric Dilworth, a wonderful G.P. and herbalist. The second call was the NOGS conference but more on that in another article. Dr Dilworth is on our Health Team in The Organic Institute and has enormous […]
This guest post is by Dr Dana Flavin. We can’t get away from it, exercise is important to live longer and live healthier. It isn’t just for weight loss, it is for making your enzymes work better and more efficiently, lowering oxygen radicals, getting rid of excess cholesterol and lowering cancer risk factors. Do we […]
The conference was organised by the Sustainable Food Trust, a global voice for sustainable food and health and the main host was Patrick Holden the CEO of FST and I must congratulate Patrick on a wonderful job, he was truly amazing. I first heard about the conference from Professor Dana Flavin, who we met at […]
A few of my photos from the Harmony in Food and Farming Conference 2017 held in Llandovery College in Wales. The photos include HRH Prince Charles.
