Embrace Farm - in partnership with Rural Support and Farm Safety Foundation - is hosting the “Resilient Farmers' Conference" on Thursday, April 25, at Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise. For full details check out the website. The objectives [...]
A group of Burren farmers recently made a trip north to visit their counterparts in the limestone region of south Fermanagh. The visit was funded by an EU Horizon 2020 project, HNV LINK, which [...]
Members of the public, and in particular the farming community, are being asked to vote for one of six shortlisted farmers as their top pick for the 2018 National ‘Farming for Nature’ Award. The deadline [...]
Farming for Nature 25th - 27th October 2018 Gort & Kinvara, Co. Galway This year’s Burren Winterage School is an extended and enriched affair, as befits a subject as diverse and fascinating [...]
Burren Learning landscape focus of Portuguese visit to boost innovation for sustainable agriculture A group of 20 farmers, researchers and Ministry of Agriculture officials from Portugal recently visited the Burren to experience the lessons [...]
A new initiative has been launched which aims to source, share and celebrate stories of farmers across Ireland who are considered to be managing their land and livestock in a way that benefits nature. The [...]
Burren Winterage School 2018 - Thursday October 25th (evening) – Saturday October 27th As part of the Burren Winterage Weekend the Burren Winterage Shool 2018 will take place from Thursday evening, October 25th until Saturday [...]
The Burren Programme workers' database file contains names and contact details for farm workers with a range of skills including scrub removal and stone wall repair. If you would like to be included in [...]
A Press Release from NPWS 3rd May 2017 Ireland’s BurrenLIFE project has been shortlisted as one of the top 5 Nature Conservation Projects in Europe over the past 25 years as part of a competition [...]
30 March 2017, 9.30 - 17.30 European Economic and Social Committee, Bruxelles The conference will be live-streamed. Please feel free to link in on 30th March, by clicking on the link below: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/results-based-agri-environment-schemes-rewarding-farmers-for-biodiversity-achievements The [...]