Tag: growers
Winter weed control – Teagasc
While plants are dormant there are some valuable weed control options available to the grower.
In all cases, check labels and PRCD website for up to date...
Labour – Shortage and costs – Teagasc
Wage bills will be in sharp focus with the minimum wage increase to €9.55 per hour from €9.25, since the start of January. Speaking with growers many...
UK phase out of horticultural peat use – Teagasc
The substantial document - A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment was launched in the last 2 weeks and sets out...
Assistant Grower
O’Connor Nurseries Ltd require an Assistant Grower
A vacancy exists for an assistant grower in our Nursery in Gorey, Co. Wexford.
This is a full-time position...
The Wellwood Centre,The story so far…Greenside Up
Last year I attended a silent meditation and mindfulness weekend at The Wellwood Centre, a holistic enterprise close to Bagenalstown in County Carlow and just a...
Doyle encourages people to purchase a real Irish Christmas tree this...
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D. has encouraged people to buy a real Irish Christmas tree...
German Political Storm around Glyphosate Issue
Donal Denvir, Düsseldorf Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board
A major political row has erupted in Germany around the use of the herbicide, glyphosate....
Glyphosate decision welcome news for UK, NFU says
The uncertainty surrounding the future of glyphosate has finally ended after EU member states voted to reauthorise its use for five years.
At a meeting...
The Organic Centre looks to 2018
Gardening and Growing is the foundation of food education
Food education is on everyone’s agenda: From Jamie Oliver to Bord Bia’s Food Dudes programme, from...
GIY and Energia want to ‘Get Ireland Growing’ with €75,000 fund
GIY in partnership with Energia announce ‘Energia Get Ireland Growing' a €75,000 pool of funding available to enable food growing by community and voluntary...