For two weeks each year at the end of February and start of March, hundreds of individuals, companies and groups across Ireland come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food, people who are often exploited and underpaid.
This year we are again focussing on some of the many ways all of us, but especially farmers are affected by climate change.
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Every time we head to do our shopping we are overwhelmed with choices of products, even when it comes down to the number of different certification marks on our food!
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This talk features small scale farmers from Honduras and Ghana and focuses on how they support sustainable farming practices even as they adapt to increasing climate impacts.
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Doughnut Economics is a compass for human prosperity in the 21st century, with the aim of meeting the needs of all people within the means of the living planet.
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Small-holder banana farmers from the Dominican Republic supply many of the Fairtrade Organic bananas we eat – what happens when the rain stops?
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Proposed new EU deforestation regulations to be adopted in 2022 are welcome in terms of climate protection but may further impoverish or even exclude small holder producers of coffee and cocoa.
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As part of their studies children will learn about the history of chocolate and chocolate production from bean to bar, which covers subjects including citizenship, geography, history and science.
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Join Wholefood Chef Rozanne Stevens of Susty Kids Cooking Club for a fun and interactive online cookery class of sweet and savoury zero-waste banana recipes. The class is designed for kids aged 9 to 13, with family friendly recipes that are perfect for breakfasts and lunchboxes.
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For World Wild Life Day this year we are bringing together a coffee farmer from the highlands of Honduras (did you know Honduras has 40,000 trees for every person in the country?!) and a man who has a couple of acres in West Clare in Ireland and who has just written a book, Under Summer Pastures, about that rarest of Irish forests – the temperate rainforest.
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Join us for our (early) International Women’s Day event, celebrating the wonderful women in coffee! A conversation not to be missed, we will be hearing from two speakers from both at home and abroad – Raquel Girdon Rosales and Sheila Dowling.
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