News & Developments/Organic Matters Podcast


Season 3

Suckler farm Switching to Organics

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Helen Hughes who farms in Co Meath with her husband ...

Building an organic egg business

This week on Organic Matters, we meet Monaghan farmer Gordon McCoy. Gordon farms on the bo...

Starting an organic flour mill as a farmer

This week on Organic Matters, we hear from Monaghan farmer Turlough Keenan. Turlough was p...

Mastering the composting of farmyard manure

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to organic farmer Gerry Deegan from Co. Westmeath. Prev...

Plans to use lupins as cattle feed and other organic tillage

Kicking off the first episode of Season 3 of our Organic Matters podcast, we speak to organic tillag...


Season 2

Finishing Organic Lamb and Shepherd’s Huts for Agri-tourism

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to sheep farmer Selena McKenzie. Selena farms with her husban...

From conventional dairy farmer to organic Wagyu beef entrepreneur

In the final instalment of Organic Matters for this season, we speak to Cork organic farmer Conor Sh...

Direct selling organic dexter beef and working with other organic farmers

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Emer Fahy and Niall Moynihan from Duhallow Organics who se...

Building a bread business on organic foundations

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Dublin based Bread 41 co-owner Eoin Cluskey. Eoin started ...

Building a successful organic meat enterprise

This week, Organic Matters interviews Lucille Boland from Coolanowle Organic Farm. Lucille des...

Starting a successful salad growing business

This week, we speak to Janet and Jenny from Gorse Farm on the Carlow/Wexford border about creating a...

Growing your own animal feed and Stabiliser cattle

The week, we hear from Monaghan farmer Sean Greenan. Sean is a relative newcomer to tillage but now ...

‘Getting bigger doesn’t mean getting better’ – Green Earth Organics

This week, Organic Matters speaks to Kenneth Keavy from Green Earth Organics, a veg and veg box busi...


Season 1

Direct selling vegetables

John McCormick talks to Organic Matters about starting his own veg business in Helen's Bay over 20 y...

Organic tillage and weed control

This week Organic Matters visits organic sheep and tillage farmer Graham Harris in Kildare as he hos...

Entering organic farming in Westmeath

This week Organic Matters travels to a farm walk in Westmeath to meet farmer Andrew Fagan and meet o...

Organic flour in Monaghan

This week, Organic Matters travels to Monaghan to meet farmer Mark Gillanders who is one half of the...

Finishing cattle on combi-crops and the how the Organic Farming Scheme might look in the future!

This week, Organic Matters travels to the farm of beef and tillage farmer Tom Dunne in Co Laois. Tom...

Building a successful horticulture business

This week, Organic Matters visits Beechlawn organic horticulture farm to meet couple Pádraig and Una...

Making more from salad than cows – organic horticulture in Cork

This week, Organic Matters meets organic horticulture and beef farmer Patrick Frankel on his farm in...

Sowing clover and MSS in an organic system

Organic Matters speaks to Kevin O'Hanlon who manages an organic dairy farm in Wexford. Kevin has put...