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Gearoid Maher, dairy farmer, Co. Limerick: Being economically viable while restoring nature on a dairy farm

Gearoid Maher farms 80 cows on 80 hectares in Co.Limerick. He tells Brigid how he manages to operate an economically successful farm while restoring nature on his land. 

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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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  Composting with Jim Cronin, mixed farmer, Co. Clare

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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...