Feeding Ourselves Webinar Tuesday, May 19th @ 15:30 – 17.00 As global shocks expose the fragility of Ireland’s input-dependent, export-oriented food system,we ask – what would it take to secure our food sovereignty? The session will explore how measures including a stronger domestic food economy, public procurement and changes in trade Read more…
What can we do about speculators and millionaires buying or leasing all available farmland? Why are there so few vegetable growers left, supplying local markets? How, in these troubled global times, with trade tariffs and wars for oil shaking the structural realities of business-as-usual, can communities feed themselves without costing the Read more…
Welcome to Feeding Ourselves 2026! This is our annual gathering, one which serves a growing Community of Practice of local food producers and organisers, community food advocates, agri-food and land-use researchers, food justice campaigners, Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) advisors and local food facilitators. Feeding Ourselves the gathering takes place Read more…
Report from the Community Wealth Building Webinar – 2nd December 2025 1. Introduction and Project Context This report captures the key insights and discussions from the on-line event held on the 2nd December 2025 which featured presentations from Julian Boys (CLES), Sean McCabe (Boh’s), and Caroline Whyte (Feasta), along with Read more…
Resilient food systems in Ireland rely fundamentally on small farmers and growers, they are the backbone of resilient food systems, yet they remain largely unrecognised in Irish and EU policy. Talamh Beo is actively working to gain essential recognition for local food producers and secure specific supports to sustain their Read more…
Unpacking the role Digital Farmers Markets can play for building resilient local food economies. January 19th 2026 15.00-16.30 Location: Online (zoom) Free to attend – booking essential – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nt96D4sjRcKUR9n3nJcaFQ This webinar explores the potential of digital platforms to transform local food systems. We will examine the opportunities and constraints of Read more…
The Feeding Ourselves Local Food Symposium, held on 30 October in Regent’s House, Trinity, marked a major milestone in the Strengthening Local Food Economies in Ireland project — a two-year collaboration between Talamh Beo, Cultivate, and Feasta, supported by the Irish Environmental Network and in and delivered with over a Read more…
Since the Talamh Beo participation in the La Via Campesina delegation to the West Bank in December 2024, a working group on Palestine solidarity has been formed in Talamh Beo. Led by Ollie Moore, who participated in the delegation, this has resulted in a deepening relationship with Palestine’s Union of Agriculture Work Committees (UAWC).