VA: Live off the land
Carly our Veg Advocate (VA) from Mid & East Antrim Council has completed her first successful VA event. She was one of the successful...
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Meet our Local Food Heroes
Northern Ireland has thousands of passionate, knowledgeable food producers who are producing food using sustainable methods that help to improve our health, increase biodiversity and help us to tackle the climate emergency.
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We’ll be regularly posting videos and blogs from some of our favourite producers, if you’d like your business to be included please get in touch
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Farming Carbon
What was the inspiration for setting up farming carbon? I used to work in an industry that was negatively impacting our environment and...
Out There Eggs, Glenballyeamon Farm.
What inspired you to have a free range chicken farm in Glenballyeamon? I was involved in farming from a young age because my family owned...
Chestnutts Farm
Why did you decide to open the milk hut at Chestnutt farm? My husband and I saw Milk Vending Machines when visiting farms in Holland, we...
Four Leaf Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up four leaf farm? We went travelling in New Zealand and worked with families there, who were...
Belfast Food Co-op
Why was the Belfast food co-op founded? The main aim of the Belfast Food Co-op is to transition a buying group into a food cooperative...
Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil
What is the story behind setting up broighter gold rapeseed oil? When we renovated the farm house, we accidentally discovered our very...
Natures Nosh
What was the inspiration behind setting up a rare breed farm in Northern Ireland? I decided I didn't like eating meat that had no...
Picked Organic
What was the inspiration behind setting up a market garden based in Northern Ireland? I bought a small plot in 2018 that was empty, just...
Refill Quarter
What was the inspiration for setting up Refill Quarter in Belfast? We set up a yoga studio in Ballyhackamore, Yoga Quarter, which...
Glasswater Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up a specialist vegetable farm in Northern Ireland? Our founding idea was that quality, flavour,...
Vance's Organic Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up Vances Organic Farm? I wanted to do something meaningful, something which would benefit my...
Culmore Organic Farm
What was your inspiration behind setting up an organic beef farm in Northern Ireland? As a young man, I traveled to New Zealand and saw...
Ke Nako Biltong
What was your inspiration behind bringing organic biltong and dried meat products to Northern Ireland? I grew up in South Africa before...
Local Box NI
What was the inspiration behind setting up local box NI? A few years ago, myself and my partner were researching shopping locally because...
Joe The Baker
What inspired you to set up a bakery? In short, my love for baking bread, especially sourdough. But I also had the desire to make a start...
Helen's Bay Organic Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up Helen's Bay Organic Farm? Starting my own organic farm was always an itch I had to scratch, it...
Fish City
What inspired you to set up a sustainable fish restaurant in Belfast? The idea to establish Fish City started after the 2007 financial...
Broughgammon Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up a sustainable farm in Northern Ireland? I’ve always wanted to farm. After finishing a degree...
Jubilee Farm
What was the inspiration behind setting up a community owned farm in Northern Ireland? As a community owned farm, what we do is about...
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