Can a local, digital marketplace bridge the gap between small-scale Irish food producers and the modern consumer? And just how feasible is this model? The North Tipperary Online Farmers Market provides a compelling case study in the scalability and financial viability of community-led food hubs. A long-term study of the 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…
At Feeding Ourselves in Cloughjordan this year, we continued with our joint struggle, shared solidarity activities with farmers in Palestine. We brought Mahmoud Zwahre in from the West Bank via live video link on the Friday night, to tell us about farming there with settler attackers constantly increasing. Mahmoud pointed to 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…
Do you know of a local community-led or for-community-benefit initiative that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals? Through an ongoing postcard campaign and online form, Cultivate have been collecting local stories that will bring the goals to life. Cultivate have developed an exhibit highlighting these stories to the general public and Read more…