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Growing Organics Farm Walk – Vegetables

Event Time 2:00 pm
Venue Green Earth Organics, Caherlea, Corrandulla, Co. Galway. Eircode: H91 F9C5.

Join us on Tuesday, 25th August at 2pm for a Growing Organics Vegetables Farm Walk with Green Earth Organics, Caherlea, Corrandulla, Co. Galway, H91 F9C5, who are Ireland’s leading organic vegetable box and grocery delivery selling direct to consumers.

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Kenneth and Jenny Keavey started Green Earth Organics in 2006 after two years of organic conversion and delivering vegetables locally from the family farm near Corrandulla, Co Galway. Today, the award-winning company has grown significantly and delivers certified organic produce nationwide.

Kenneth has around 25 acres of certified organic land in the rotation and grows a wide range of field and protected organic vegetable crops including brassicas, alliums, root crops, tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, lettuce and other salad leaves.

Kenneth Keavey from Green Earth Organics, Caherlea, Corrandulla, Galway is pictured in a vegetable crop with William Deasy, Teagasc Specialised Vegetable Advisor
Kenneth Keavey, Green Earth Organics, Caherlea, Corrandulla, Galway is pictured in a vegetable crop with William Deasy, Teagasc Specialised Vegetable Advisor.

 

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Field and polytunnel production of organic vegetables
  • Machinery and equipment
  • Packing facility

IASIS CPE credits will be available on the day.

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Find advice from the Teagasc Organics team here | Find out more about the Growing Organics Programme here