08 January 2025
Agri Aware’s Farm Walk and Talk Series launched at Teagasc Grange
Marking its return for 2025, Agri Aware’s Farm Walk and Talk Series was launched in Teagasc Grange, one of the venues for the upcoming series of events.
Organised for second level students and building on the success in 2024 when just under 4,000 students visited farms across the country, the 2025 series offers students the opportunity to take their classroom learnings to the farmyard and witness real-world applications of the latest agricultural techniques and practices.
Pictured at the launch of the Agri Aware Farm Walk and Talk series are from left to right: Dr. Paul Crosson, Beef Enterprise Leader at Teagasc Grange; Adam Woods, Suckler and Beef Editor at The Irish Farmers Journal; Zoe McKay, Assistant Professor of Grass and Forage Science at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science; Jim Mulhall, Vice-Chairman of Agri Aware; and students from Scoil Mhuire Trim.
As demand from secondary schools has exceeded expectations once again, Agri Aware has added extra dates and capacities at some locations. This year’s series will start off in Co. Tipperary on Wednesday, February 26th, and conclude on Friday, March 14th, at Kildalton Agricultural College in Kilkenny.
Highlighting the importance of the Farm Walk and Talk Series at the launch when joined by partners in the series – Teagasc, the Irish Farmers Journal and University College Dublin School of Agriculture and Food Science – Agri Aware Vice-Chairman, Jim Mulhall commented: “Agri Aware’s Farm Walk & Talk series is a superb initiative, bringing second-level Agricultural Science students onto farms across the country.
“For some students, this will be their first time on a farm, while for others, it will be an opportunity to take home learnings to their own family farms.
“Most importantly, the series aims to garner a greater understanding of the Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science curriculum and embed in students the theory they have learned in class and see it in practice on a farm.
“The knowledge of the speakers at each of the events, from the colleges to our patrons, is second to none and will most definitely bring a greater understanding to students of Irish agriculture, food production, and sustainability.
“We look forward to welcoming teachers and students over the course of the three weeks and would like to thank our series partners for their continued support of this initiative.”