How can our Irish food heritage create jobs for this generation? SPUDS.ie is delighted to be part of a two day Slow Food Ireland Festival which will explore…
Many people are asking us where they can buy blight resistant potato seed this year. These potatoes are readily available off the shelf from many retailers including: The…
On the 8th of April 1961, the last steam train ran the mile-long stretch of what once was the Great Midland and Western Railway to Liffey Junction from…
An investigation of uses for the disused Broadstone to Broombridge railway cutting in Dublin, Ireland in collaboration with Kaethe Burt-O’Dea of desireland as part of the Dublin Institute…
Desireland works on two levels: The consultancy develops and manages healthcare research programmes for clients. The principles that emerge in the process of this professional work are then…
Yesterday’s Irish Times reported on our monthly compost bootcamps. “It’s hard to imagine so much energy and imagination crammed into one little corner of Dublin, but from little…
Kaethe Burt-O’Dea was recently interviewed at Garden Organics Potato Day on growing the naturally bred Sarpo blight resistant potato varieties as a response to the Irish government’s decision…
As most of you know, SPUDS, the sustainable potatoes united development study, was launched in 2012. This community based action research project gave away naturally blight resistant potato…
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