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Composting with Jim Cronin, mixed farmer, Co. Clare

Jim has a 16 acre hill farm in Clare where he intensively grows vegetables and fruit.  He tells Brigid why homemade compost is the backbone to his farm, and how it works with nature to boost fertility.

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  Making money from field to fork: farmers Liam and Justina Gavin, Roscommon

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  On fungi and farming, with Thomas O'Connor

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  Bruce Thompson, dairy farmer & dung beetle expert

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  How to make Biochar, with Kildare farmer Kim McCall

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  James Gilmartin, Mixed Stock Farmer, Leitrim: My land's natural carrying c…

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  Maurice Deasy, brewer, sheep & arable farmer: Why conservation agriculture…

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  Aonghus Ó'Coistealbha, Connemara, Galway: How I make a living from 1 acre

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  Gearoid Maher, dairy farmer, Co. Limerick: Being economically viable while…

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  Rehabilitating an intensive farm with Colm Flynn, a Kildare tillage farmer

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  James Ham, the tree farmer.

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  Rewilding with Eoghan Daltun, Beara, West Cork

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  Aoife Reilly - making a living on 7.5 acres

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  Why the best time for producing a Christmas turkey is actually in the summ…

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  What do bats need to make a farm their home?

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  And the winner of the Farming for Nature 2022 award is...