How to feed the world? Let the ‘Lumper’ speak!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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,…

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Sourcing non-gm naturally blight resistant SPUDS in 2013

Sunday, March 3, 2013

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…

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The Lifeline Project – A Film by Gregory Dunn

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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…

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SPUDS presents: Potato days – March 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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…

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The Sitric Compost Bootcamp Series – Spring 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

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…

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SPUDS Interview with Kaethe Burt O’Dea

Sunday, February 10, 2013

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…

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SPUDS 2013 – We need your data!

Friday, February 8, 2013

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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