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Organic Matters Podcast
Building direct selling veg and combi crop businesses
This week on Organic Matters, we meet brothers Charlie and Dan Hogan, and Dan's wife Una Wycherley who all run Larkin's Hill Farm together on the outskirts of Nenagh in Co Tipperary. They sell salad and vegetables to local retailers, and in addition to managing a suckler herd, they have more recently started growing and selling combi crops as animal feed to meet growing demand from organic livestock farmers. They talk about their experiences with the different farm enterprises and their complementarity, as well as plans for the future, which include finishing cattle, incorporating trees onto the farm and further developing market outlets for their horticulture.
Season 3
Converting a 60 acre dairy farm to organic vegetables
This week on Organic Matters, we meet Brian McCarthy from Cork Rooftop Farm. With a background in...
Attracting 150,000 visitors a year to an organic farm and shop
This week on Organic Matters we speak to David Sexton of Kildare Farm Foods. David and his wife Susa...
The pros and cons of opening a farm shop
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to husband and wife team, Dominic Leonard and Alison Duck, wh...
Marketing Organic Beef as a Premium Product
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to beef farmer Rebecca Harris. Rebecca is based in county Wic...
Farming organically next to Ireland’s largest shopping centre
This week on Organic Matters we are at the Airfield Estate, a 38-acre site sitting next to Ireland's...
Using a farm shop and café to maximise your organic business
This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we meet vegetable grower and farm shop and café owner Mich...
Making an organic suckler system work for you
This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we meet Sligo based suckler farmer Niall Higgins. ...
Catching up with a trial growing lupins
This week, we catch up again with tillage and beef farmer Derek Kelly. Derek is running a ...
Season 2
Finishing Organic Lamb and Shepherd’s Huts for Agri-tourism
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to sheep farmer Selena McKenzie. Selena farms with her husban...
From conventional dairy farmer to organic Wagyu beef entrepreneur
In the final instalment of Organic Matters for this season, we speak to Cork organic farmer Conor Sh...
Direct selling organic dexter beef and working with other organic farmers
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Emer Fahy and Niall Moynihan from Duhallow Organics who se...
Building a bread business on organic foundations
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Dublin based Bread 41 co-owner Eoin Cluskey. Eoin started ...
Building a successful organic meat enterprise
This week, Organic Matters interviews Lucille Boland from Coolanowle Organic Farm. Lucille des...
Starting a successful salad growing business
This week, we speak to Janet and Jenny from Gorse Farm on the Carlow/Wexford border about creating a...
Growing your own animal feed and Stabiliser cattle
The week, we hear from Monaghan farmer Sean Greenan. Sean is a relative newcomer to tillage but now ...
‘Getting bigger doesn’t mean getting better’ – Green Earth Organics
This week, Organic Matters speaks to Kenneth Keavy from Green Earth Organics, a veg and veg box busi...
Season 1
Direct selling vegetables
John McCormick talks to Organic Matters about starting his own veg business in Helen's Bay over 20 y...
Organic tillage and weed control
This week Organic Matters visits organic sheep and tillage farmer Graham Harris in Kildare as he hos...
Entering organic farming in Westmeath
This week Organic Matters travels to a farm walk in Westmeath to meet farmer Andrew Fagan and meet o...
Organic flour in Monaghan
This week, Organic Matters travels to Monaghan to meet farmer Mark Gillanders who is one half of the...
Finishing cattle on combi-crops and the how the Organic Farming Scheme might look in the future!
This week, Organic Matters travels to the farm of beef and tillage farmer Tom Dunne in Co Laois. Tom...
Building a successful horticulture business
This week, Organic Matters visits Beechlawn organic horticulture farm to meet couple Pádraig and Una...
Making more from salad than cows – organic horticulture in Cork
This week, Organic Matters meets organic horticulture and beef farmer Patrick Frankel on his farm in...
Sowing clover and MSS in an organic system
Organic Matters speaks to Kevin O'Hanlon who manages an organic dairy farm in Wexford. Kevin has put...