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Organic Matters Podcast
How Organic Exotic Mushrooms saved one Irish couple after Brexit
In the final episode of Season 3 of the Organic Matters Podcast, we meet Dolores and Joe Gorman from Garryhinch Wood Exotic Mushrooms in Co. Offaly. The pair were in the mushroom business for almost 30 years exporting to the UK but had to close when Brexit hit due to the fluctuation in sterling. After a two-year break, they were back in business having diversified into organic exotic mushrooms. They now produce 7 different varieties of organic exotic mushrooms for Irish retailers and restaurants and recently they won a National Organic Award for their shiitake and white beech mushrooms range in the New and Innovative Product category. Joe and Dolores talk about their transition to organics and how they have carved out a niche for themselves in the exotic mushroom business.
Season 3
First year converting a suckler, sheep and tillage farm to organic
This week on Organic Matters, we speak to suckler, sheep and tillage farmer Angus Woods. An...
Breeding Galloways and growing Barley for whiskey
This week on Organic Matters, we visit the farm of John and Marcella Mallick near Tinahely in Co. Wi...
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...
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...