01 December 2024
Let’s Talk Organics – Markets for Organics
Join Teagasc Organic Specialists on Wednesday, December 4th, at 7:30 PM for a Let’s Talk Organics webinar on market opportunities for Irish organic produce, featuring Emmet Doyle of Bord Bia and Anne Maher of The Urban Co-op.
About the panellists
- Emmet Doyle, Organic Sector Manager, Bord Bia will provide an update on the most recent organic market developments and trends, and the outlook for 2025.
- Anne Maher is Managing Director of The Urban Co-op in Limerick city and as a 7 day community grocery this interface with the customers and suppliers, provides a valuable insight into the market for organic produce. Anne is dedicated to ensuring the widest population have access to organic food every day of the week!
New Entrants to Organics
On a recent Let’s Talk Organics webinar Elaine Leavy and Joe Kelleher, Teagasc Organic Specialists were joined by three recently converted farmers to organics – John O’Hanlon, Angus Woods, and Ivan Kiersey to get an insight into their journey in organics so far.
John and Stephanie O’Hanlon farm 38.88ha in Tipper, Ballymahon, Co Longford. The farm joined the Organic Farming Scheme in 2023 and is currently in year 2 of conversion. The main farming system involves operating a spring calving 30 cow suckler herd selling progeny at roughly 15/16 months of age over the summer months.
Angus Woods is farming in east Wicklow, just outside Wicklow Town. He has a 65 cow suckler herd, 500 mid-season ewes and 50ha of tillage. He is in his first year of conversion to organic farming.
John & Ivan Kiersey are organic dairy farmers near Kilmacthomas in Co Waterford. Milking 130 cows in a predominantly spring calving system, they converted their farm to organic on 1st January 2024. They operate a high clover system stocked at just under 170kgs of organic N/Ha.
Watch the webinar below
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