Tag: irish agriculture

219: Wild & Co on Venison, Native Woodland and Regenerative Farming

A brown and white cow grazing in a woodland setting, surrounded by silver birch trees with distinctive white bark and twisted trunks. The forest floor is covered with leaf litter and low vegetation, with dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy creating a peaceful, rural Irish landscape scene.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Npv0xQntdQa2dZ1Lw1ilN Can holistic grazing systems restore degraded hillsides and create profitable farms? How can local food systems and venison products revitalise struggling rural communities? Is it possible to farm with nature rather than against it and still make a living? These are the questions we explore in our conversation with John Duffy from Future Oak … Continue reading 219: Wild & Co on Venison, Native Woodland and Regenerative Farming →

177: Nature, Farming and Politics with Saoirse McHugh

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gIrzcaKjqTNMXMVqWaBN1 Politics is a topic that is often avoided by many nature and science communicators. They don’t want emotions, controversy and often abuse related to expressing their political views or even commenting on such. I was one of them, but I’m gradually coming to the conclusion that it is the wrong tactic. As one of … Continue reading 177: Nature, Farming and Politics with Saoirse McHugh →