Rural Life
'We wanted to take back control and get more income' is the perspective of Ciara and Robert Stanley from Tullow, Co. Carlow.
Agri-Business
George Finlay is a third-generation farmer based in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow who produces sheep milk on with his wife, Hannah.
Joe’s Farm - a family enterprise in Killeagh, East Cork - is set to welcome visitors back to the farm for an Easter trail.
Video
George Finlay is a third-generation farmer based in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow who runs Ballyhubbock...
Deirdre Kennedy, artisan and small food business technologist, Teagasc, talked to Agriland about food diversification for farms.
Kia Ora Mini Farm talks to Agriland about being an open farm for over 30 years, their range of animals, and their Christmas offerings.
Teagasc has outlined its priorities in the agriculture sector for the coming years in its statement of strategy for 2025 to 2028.
A consortium, led by the University of Galway, has said that we should 'stop preaching at farmers...
No two days on a farm are ever the same, and that’s the experience social farmers are sharing with others in Social Farming Ireland
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim dairy farmer is behind Cultshe, an award-winning new clothing and lifestyle brand for...
%%excerpt%% A tradition in some parts of Ireland of leaving a naggin full of doubly distilled poitin on a wall or sprinkled on the ground for the fairies is recalled in a new book 'Cottage Industry in Post-Medieval Ireland.'
Dairy
Agriland visited the Muchgrange family farm where the family have been milking for four generations and have now started diversifying the...
A Westmeath-based couple have undertaken a farm diversification with a difference in the form of a private hire dog park, kennels...
A Laois-based dairy farming couple is behind the Ranch Cabin enterprise which offers cabin accommodation with Slieve Bloom mountain views.
Other
Cow cuddling is a wellness concept that Dumble Farm in Yorkshire has adopted as a means of diversification.
Sheep
When searching for a way to diversify their farm, Tim and Tan Spittle found a unique avenue to explore: Sheep's milk vodka.
Cheese has been a very successful means of diversification for many, and those contemplating a move...
A south Galway farmer's daughter who capitalised on the US trend of pumpkin patches by facilitating...
A very 'good' farm diversification story in Co. Cork sees one family produce ice cream that goes from field to freezer in one day.
A man who moved back to Co. Down from Manchester after becoming a father to two adopted children...
The area of land growing hemp in Ireland dropped by more than 50% from 2019 to 2021, the Joint...
As farmers go, Ultan Walsh is highly unusual- he's a vegetable grower, and his farm diversification project is bouzouki making.
Porridge oats proved to be the perfect diversification for a Westmeath organic cereal and beef farm family.
