News & Developments/Organic Matters Podcast


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...