Rural Life
The positive impact that participating in social farming is having on young people has been highlighted.
Social Farming Ireland is marking 10 years of the national network today (Friday, April 24) as it holds a national conference in Co. Laois.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) is currently inviting tenders for social farming projects.
Around 80 people are currently on the waiting list for the Kerry Social Farming project, the organisation's annual meeting heard.
Environment
DEAERA Minister announces Social Farming Capital Grant Awards of over £120,000 in grant aid to eligible social farms across Northern Ireland
As alternative farm enterprises become increasingly popular, those behind Kilmeedy social farm in Co Limerick hope to build on this success
Leitrim Integrated Development Company CLG has been confirmed as the successful tenderer under the...
Doon Social Farm has received funding to restore its wetlands and develop a 400m looped walk for those with restricted mobility
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine has issued a public tender for a national social farming network programme
Farmer’s Yards, a social initiative developed at University of Galway for the farming community, has been launched in the United States.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has announced funding of around €777,000 for social farming initiatives across the country.
Social Farming Ireland is to run a series of farmer wellbeing events over the next month in various locations around the country.
%%excerpt%% Social Farming Ireland is hosting five farm open days around the country as part of Social Farming Awareness Week which runs from Monday, October 7 to Friday, October 11.
Dairy
The judging of pedigree holstein friesian cows got underway this week for the Kildare Holstein Friesian Breeders Club, in a lead up to the...
'Social Farming' is proving to be the ultimate 'win-win' for rural communities, with multiple benefits, not just for participants and their..
The demand for the Kerry social farming project is continuing to far exceed the supply of host farms, the organisation's annual meeting heard.
New funding of €200,000 was granted for the Social Farming Ireland Programme to support placements on farms for people with disabilities.
Social Farming Ireland is seeing continued growth in demand for and commissioning of social farming.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced that his department will continue to fund social farming in Ireland with an allocation of €777,000.
Social Farming Awareness Week will run from October 2-6, showcasing a range of social farms' activities around the country.
The potential of social farming for rural communities was highlighted by agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue at an open day in Donegal
A social farming project, backed by the EU, is exploring ways to help more older people to spend time on farms.
Farming and fostering can go hand in hand to great effect, according to Marie and Jimmy Barlow from...
