Live 95 – Weekly Episode 15 – The Grove

This week’s episode is about plant-based diets as we meet a Limerick business that has championed veggie food for years. The Grove Veggie Kitchen on Cecil street is Limerick’s only fully meat-free eatery and it has recently been transformed by an amazing art installation celebrating all things plant based.  Aislinn met Sue Hassett to talk […]

Q102 – Weekly Tips 9 – Good to Go

This week Dublin’s Q102 looked at Too Good To Go. Did you know… Food waste contributes to around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. When food decomposes, it releases a potent gas called methane. The average Irish household wastes around €700 on food. The food industry is responsible for more than 189,000 tonnes of food […]

Q102 – Weekly Episode 7 – Picker Pals

Listen back to this weeks episode as Q102 talked to the people behind Picker Pals and how you can get involved. For more in this series, listen in to Q102 every Wednesday at 7pm

Corks 96FM – Weekly Tips 3 – The Urban Soil Project

  This week 96FM talked with Virginia O’Gara, founder of MyGoodness and the Cork Urban Soil Project about soil health and closed loop systems  Did you know…  A third of the food we buy goes in the bin every year, costing around €700 per person! Compost increases the health of our soil and can create […]

Corks 96FM – Weekly Episode 3 – The Urban Soil Project

Listen back as Alana Daly Mulligan chats to Virginia O’Gara, founder of MyGoodness and the Cork Urban Soil Project and finds out how they make food that is delicious and nutritious and why we should care about soil. This episode was recorded in The Marina Park Industrial Estate. They use soil made from food waste […]

Live 95 – Weekly Episode 2 – The Urban Co-op

Listen back to Live 95 as they visit the Urban Co-op in Limerick  a retail grocery store and community wellness hub that has over 2,500 members. Managing Director Anne Maher told Live 95 how the initiative aims to provide an alternative to processed foods to benefit member’s lifestyles and the environment. Listen in to Live […]

Ocean FM – Weekly Episode 3 – Healthy Soil, Food Waste and Superbugs

Listen back to Ocean FM as Aisling chats with Soil Scientist Dr. Aga Piwowarczyc on the range of organic life found in healthy soils,  the ability of bacteria found in Irish soils to combat superbugs. Hear her chat with Shelley Long at the Food Waste Workshop in ATU Sligo and learn all about how food […]

LMFM – Weekly Tip sheet 2 – GIY and the EPA

GIY ‘To Do List’ Tip Sheet for June: Watering and weeding duties step up a notch – the tunnel/greenhouse in particular will require a good deal of water from now on. Watch the weather and water outside as required. Water in the morning if possible. Add a good dressing of mulch around plants to reduce […]