A response to articles in The Irish Times by Conor Pope Saturday, March 2, 2013 and Frank McNally, March 15 , 2013 Judging from Irish Times coverage alone,…
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…
We will be joining Dermot Carey and David Langford of the Lissadell/Langford Potato Collection at two events in March to present the preliminary results from SPUDS 2012 research…
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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