A little Spud Update 😊
#BallymakennyFarm

Great to see so many chefs and #foodwriters taking part in Ballymaloe House Hotel’s Festival of Food in #Cork later this month; The Cupcake Bloke, Rory O Connell Conor Spacey, Aishling Moore, Nico Reynolds : Lil Portie, mark anderson, Bahay Dublin, Ali Dunworth | The Kitchen Press, Rachel Allen, sarah, Martin Shanahan and many more✨

Sigh. Obviously feeding children is priority. But these school meals are a joke. 🤯

Disposable packaging,🐔 from China/Thai/Brazil, Dutch 🧀, beef with added glucose 🤔, 'sausages' (57% pork 😖), lunches laced in MSG/sugar, palm oil, minimal veggies.🤦🏻‍♀️

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It is important to remember that Minister Ossian Smyth TD has set up a scheme that rewards failure.

The more that people do not return containers, the more money that goes into Re-Turn's coffers.

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Congrats John F. Cryan!! Brilliant. UCC Ireland

Hard to get good help these days!

Delighted to be here today at the @simplybetterds @idealhomedublin and had the pleasure of meeting the charismatic Neven Maguire .

We will be here with tastings of our new simply better range of organic water Kefirs!

#organic
#waterkefir

Always a good day to see Gerry and Keith from Kingofkefir We normally only get to meet up Food On The Edge so this is a bonus. Massive congrats to them for their recent stocking in Simply Better at Dunnes Stores

When you're only 18 mins from the #bfspudshack it would be daft not to drop by for your favourite heritage potatoes and meet the #hostesswiththemostess Maria Ballymakenny Farm®

Drove in to town to return bags of cans of bottles for the first time today. Headed home with them in the car, after 2 different places had machines out of order. Some waste of time. Re-turn

We are over the moon to announce that our organic water kefir is on shelves Dunnes Stores nationwide & we are now a part of the @simplybetterds family.

Deliciously light & refreshing drinks, slow fermented over 14 days to create their gentle fizz using water kefir cultures.

Pure comfort.

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Ballymaloe announce a new Festival of Food from May 17th to May 19th this year with cooking demos, pop-up dinners, walks, food producers, wines and cocktails. Ballymaloe House Hotel celebrates its 60th birthday this year; together with Ballymaloe House HotelCS it has had a huge impact on #irishfood 🇮🇪

Kingofkefir is Ireland’s & Europe’s first dedicated water kefir brewery using traditional water kefir grains since 2014.
All flavors are created from scratch using only organic botanical ingredients by brewing herbal infusions to make the healthiest and tastiest fermented drinks

I'm obsessed with labels & ingredients and am happy to nerd-out on what's in a product, whether it's food, drinks or even other household products!

I am going to deep dive on labels, as it's a fascinating area & look at the ingredients used in today's commercial drinks!

Entry is now open which means the 17th year of Blas na hÉireann is officially in full swing!
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The Market Clonmellon is on this Sunday 24th March in the picturesque setting of Clonmellon Village.
Discover a wide selection of artisan food from local artisan producers & crafts
🗓Sunday 24th March 11-1.30pm
📍Market Square, Clonmellon C15 DK6E
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Weedkiller is not a magic eraser. It has severe, often long-lasting ecological consequences & we need to curb its use, right now. It is doused over the length & breadth of the country for convenience, but the convenience is only ours, if a convenience at all.

Swap out one of your food items each week for organic. What will it be this week?

#demandorganic #organic4everyone

Cork Urban Soil Project: Turning food waste into fertile compost

For my Healthwise feature in today's Irish Examiner, I focused on Cork Urban Soil Project and how they're leading the way in looking at leftovers as a sustainable opportunity rather than a problem.

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