12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust

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12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust

FromFarming for Nature

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86 minutes

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Dec 14, 2020

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Patrick Holden is a dairy farmer at Bwlchwernen Fawr in Wales, UK and campaigns for more sustainable food systems. He speaks here during the Burren Winterage Weekend (Oct 2020).

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Dec 14, 2020

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If you're curious about farming, this is a pod for you! Irish farmers talk about how and why they make space for nature on their land. (FFN (https://www.farmingfornature.ie) is a not-for-profit initiative set up by scientists & farmers to restore the ecological health of Irish farmland.)

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6: Padraig Corcoran, sheep & beef farmer, Roscommon: Padraig Corcoran has a beef and sheep farm in Mount Plunkett in Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon. He talks about how he manages his 54 acre farm for food production and nature... by Farming for Nature
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1: Donal Sheehan, Dairy Farmer, Cork: Can intensive farmers make a profit and farm for nature at the same time? Conventional dairy farmer, Donal Sheehan, explains how he has changed the way he farms to encourage more wildlife. Donal is a third generation farmer from the Bride Valley in eas... by Farming for Nature
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4: Ailbhe Gerrard, mixed farmer, Tipperary: Ailbhe Gerrard farms on the shores of Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary. Her approach to farming is not limited to food - she also tries to produce better land for nature. by Farming for Nature
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8: Feargal Ó Cuinneagáin, Farmer, Mayo by Farming for Nature
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2: Tommy Earley, Beef farmer, Roscommon: Roscommon farmer Tommy Earley talks about his farm and how - and why - he leaves spaces for nature by Farming for Nature
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5: Olly Nolan, honey & beef farmer, Co. Dublin: Olly farms in the valley of Glenasmole in the Dublin Mountains. He's new to farming, and talks about his approach to producing food and habitats for wildlife on his land. by Farming for Nature
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18: Why Every Farmer Should Dig a Pond! by Farming for Nature
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9: Darina Allen, Ballymaloe, Co. Cork by Farming for Nature
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3: Sean O'Farrell, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary: Sean O'Farrell has a mixed farm near Roscrea in Co. Tipperary. A few years ago he changed the way he farms. He explains why he did this, and how he makes space for wild species on his land. by Farming for Nature
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10: Bridget Murphy, mixed farmer, Co. Sligo by Farming for Nature
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7: Donna Mullen, biomass farmer, Co. Meath by Farming for Nature
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38: Maurice Deasy, brewer, sheep & arable farmer, Tipperary by Farming for Nature
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21: How to Get the Best from Your Hedgerows by Farming for Nature
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14: Thomas Fouhy, arable farmer, Co. Cork by Farming for Nature
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11: James Rebanks, Lake District, UK by Farming for Nature
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13: Fergal Smith: veg & livestock farmer, Co. Clare by Farming for Nature
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20: Farming at Altitude with Nature by Farming for Nature
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22: Working with nature to benefit a microdairy by Farming for Nature
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12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust by Farming for Nature
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27: So you have a bog on your farm...now what? by Farming for Nature
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17: What is Farming for Nature? by Farming for Nature
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16: Norman Dunne, Tillage Farmer, Kildare by Farming for Nature
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15: How to Entice Barn Owls to your Farm by Farming for Nature
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19: Mimi Crawford, Mixed Farm, Tipperary by Farming for Nature
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24: How to attract bat life to a farm by Farming for Nature
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34: Rehabilitating an intensive farm with Colm Flynn, a Kildare tillage farmer by Farming for Nature
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31: Aoife O'Reilly - making a living on 7.5 acres by Farming for Nature
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25: Nicholas Redmond, mixed farmer, Wexford by Farming for Nature
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40: How to make Biochar, with Kildare farmer Kim McCall by Farming for Nature
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30: Making a profit on a 10-acre Donegal farm by Farming for Nature
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16: Norman Dunne, Tillage Farmer, Kildare by Farming for Nature
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15: How to Entice Barn Owls to your Farm by Farming for Nature
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12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust

12: Patrick Holden, farmer & founding director of @SusFoodTrust

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