Would you like to join the ’30 day local food challenge’ this September 2019? It’s a great way to eat tasty, fresh food; support local food producers and raise awareness about community resilience, climate change and food miles? The challenge...
Wild Mind is a celebration of our natural environment, nestled between the Kerry mountains and the Wild Atlantic Ocean it holds space for people to engage with the local environment, to learn about our wildlife systems and to open our minds to potential for change our...
CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS: OUR LEGACY FOR THE EARTH at the Findhorn Foundation, North Scotland, April 20-26, 2019, will be a unique conference about surviving and thriving in a climate changing world and post-carbon economy. The event will feature some of the...
Joe McGill’s guest on Radio Kerry’s In Conversation (6pm 10th April 2019) is Lisa Fingleton. Lisa is an artist, filmmaker, writer and grower. Living and working on a small organic farm near the sea in Ballybunion, she has spent many years cultivating deep-rooted...
“The dynamic artist, filmmaker, grower and author of the acclaimed book, ‘The Local Food Project’, Lisa Fingleton will talk about how we we can take action on climate change by eating local. An inspiring afternoon for people who are passionate about...
Artist and food activist Lisa Fingleton ate only foods produced in Ireland on her 30-day local food challenge. She tells Ellie O’Byrne about her vision for a future where our season’s greetings are also homegrown, seasonal greetings. Retail giant Iceland’s banned...
“Here’s a good table-quiz question: How many ingredients are in a BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) sandwich? Three, plus the bread, spread and condiments? Think again. Kerry artist and filmmaker Lisa Fingleton asked herself the same question when she bought...
Could you eat a diet consisting of only local food? Im not talking about the food you buy in a local store. I mean truly local, seasonal food direct from a farm or food producer? Well that’s what Lisa Fingleton asked herself and set about doing over 3 years ago…… Read...
Ever since reading Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, in which she documents her family’s year of eating locally in the US, I’ve been entertaining the idea of eating only Irish food for a year. Could I really live without chocolate, pasta, rice,...