SAVE THE DATE Cork: Wednesday 28th October – details to be announcedDublin: Thursday 29th October – details to be announced Finding Light in a Dark Age: Reimagining Farming, Food and Community We’re delighted to welcome Chris Smaje to Ireland this October for two public events in Cork and Dublin. Chris Read more…
With the rapid spread of digital technology, how is this impacting the local food economy? To address at least some aspects of this question, a farminar (aka webinar with a farmer focus), organised by Cultivate via its work with the CODECS Horizon Europe project, was held in January 2026. The Read more…
How do you fit complicated conversations about food system transformation into an enormous music festival?
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).
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How can we better support local food producers and nourish communities through stronger local food economies in Ireland?
Feeding Ourselves saw 20+ partners from 40+ organizations, and 180 people over 4 days and nights in Cloughjordan. As a snapshot of the food sovereignty (agroecological and good/fair food) movement in Ireland, it’s a great barometer of where things are at. There are many different ways to try to encapsulate what it is and how it works, but, for this author, here are four things which emerged from Feeding Ourselves 2025. Oliver Moore reports.
At Feeding Ourselves, we held a session on the situation for farmers and food producers in Palestine. This featured a presentation from Oliver Moore, who visited the West Bank in December 2024, and interventions from Edwin Brookes of the Land Workers Alliance in the UK and Yasmeen El Hasan from Union of Agricultural Work Committees, (UAWC) live from Ramallah.