Talamh Beo

Talamh Óg first meeting
2025-09-11 19:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Talamh Óg is a new working group within Talamh Beo set up to act as a focal point and community space for young landworkers & potential landworkers, with an emphasis on social and environmental justice. Membership is open to anyone under 30 who lives or works in Ireland. This space is anti-racist and queer inclusive.
We are currently working out the aims and goals of the group. If you’re interested in getting involved, please come along to our next meeting on the 11th September at 19:00 (online). You can register at https://tinyurl.com/talamhbeoyouth

Ploughing
2025-09-16 - 2025-09-18 | SCREGGAN, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY
Come find us at the National Ploughing Championships!
SCREGGAN, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY
www.npa.ie

Online Conversation
2025-09-23 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for a small group and open conversation with other farmers around Talamh Beo’s current ‘Strengthening Local Food Economies’ project, with special focus on the Basic Income Model for farmers. This event is for food producers. Register your interest to attend at www.talamhbeo.ie/oc
Event will be repeated monthly for 6 months in order to get maximum farmer input.
Register your Interest here

Methane Matters Webinar
2025-09-25 15:30 - 17:00
Second Webinar @ 3.30 -5pm
For more info contact us – info@talamhbeo.ie

Basic Income Online Conversation
2025-10-13 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-10 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for a small group and open conversation with other farmers around Talamh Beo’s current ‘Strengthening Local Food Economies’ project, with special focus on the Basic Income Model for farmers. This event is for food producers.
Event will be repeated monthly for 6 months in order to get maximum farmer input.
Register your Interest here

Feeding Ourselves Local Food Symposium
2025-10-30 14:00 - 21:00
Link to book – https://www.ticketsource.com/feasta/feeding-ourselves-local-food-symposium/2025-10-30/14:00/t-dvypmle

Regent House, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, D02 EV57

Thursday 30 October 2025 2:00PM

How can we better support local food producers and nourish communities through stronger local food economies in Ireland? The Feeding Ourselves Local Food Symposium will bring together diverse sectors to nurture collaboration, highlight the vital connections between agriculture, nutrition, and public health, and explore the potential of public procurement and community wealth building principles as powerful levers to support local producers and enhance community wellbeing.
Together, we will explore practical ways to support farmers and local food producers, advance key policy proposals—including a Basic Income—and showcase innovative practices that deliver for climate resilience, biodiversity, health, and sustainable livelihoods.
The Symposium will be followed by a screening of ‘Farming is Medicine’ and a buffet from Cornucopia at 18.00 – 21.00 in Regent House, Trinity College Dublin. The thought-provoking short film features physician, activist, writer and recently appointed Trinity School of Medicine Adjunct Professor of Land, Food and Medicine, Rupa Marya. The film explores the deep connections between farming, health and community. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Professor Marya and researcher Dr. Ollie Moore, and includes a relaxed buffet meal. This can be booked as a standalone event or together with a ticket for the Symposium.
Sliding scale tickets & free tickets for farmers – when you are selecting your tickets you have the option to pay the recommended rate, or less, or more. We want to ensure that everyone is able to participate in this event. A funded project or commercial entities paying a higher fee will allow for unfunded or community groups to take part in the Symposium. One of the core aims of the Strengthening Local Food Economies project is to research and promote the role of local food producers in the wider sustainable/wellbeing economy. We want to have strong farmer representation at the symposium and thus invite farmers to join free of charge. If you are a farmer, select the free ticket category.
This event is organised by Feasta, Talamh Beo & Cultivate in collaboration with Trinity Sustainability, the Open Food Network Ireland, Food Policy Ireland, Bohemian FC Spark Project, Deep Medicine Circle, EU4Advice, CODECS, and more to be announced. It is being held through the Feeding Ourselves Community of Practice as part of the ‘Strengthening Local Food Economies’ project supported by the Irish Environmental Network.
Contact person: Alison.brogan@feasta.org

Event Details
Doors Open at 1:30PM
From 2:00PM to 9:00PM

Location
Regent House, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, D02 EV57

Bio Farm
2025-11-04 - 2025-11-05 | Mount Wolseley Hotel Spa & Golf Resort
Ireland’s Biological Farming Conference will take place in @mountwolseleyin Carlow on November 4th and 5th 2025. @ Mount Wolseley Hotel Spa & Golf Resort.

Never Waste a Good Crisis: Building an alternative to rotten trade deals
2025-11-06 14:30 - 17:00 | Location European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland 5 Balfe Street D02 E7K4 Dublin, 5 Balfe Street Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, D02 E7K4, Ireland
Lynn Boylan MEP is hosting a panel discussion and workshop to bring together experts and activists for an event focused on EU trade policy.

Fergal Anderson, part of the operational & secretariat groups of Talamh Beo will be part of this event as a panelist to discuss EU and Ireland Trade Policy.
View all details and book via:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/never-waste-a-good-crisis-building-an-alternative-to-rotten-trade-deals-tickets-1728981001719

Venue: European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland, 5 Balfe St, Dublin 2
Date: Thursday November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM (Dublin Time) – Registration from 2.30 PM

Methane Matters Final Launch
2025-11-19 14:00 | Dublin, Buswells Hotel
Wednesday 19th November – Final Launch – Public event/Gathering, Dublin, Buswells Hotel
@ 2pm (visit Methane page for booking link)

Talamh Óg Winter School
2025-11-23 10:00 - 16:00
More info and book here: http://tinyurl.com/talamh-og-winter

Talamh Óg is an emerging group of young farmers, landworkers, environmentalists, and eaters working to build a just and sustainable agri-food system. We are committed to food sovereignty, or the right to food that is healthy, local, sustainable, and democratically produced. Decent work for farmers and decent food for all!
At the winter school, we’ll explore alternative pathways for young people in Irish food and farming. How can we, as a growing movement, build a food system that places power back in the hands of people and our communities? We’ll explore these questions through member-led workshops, get to know each other over a shared lunch, and end our day with a seed swap!
Time: 10:00-16:00 on Sunday, 23 Nov. Optional pints afterwards.
Location: Mullingar Arts Centre
Access: train (10 min to station), bus (5 min to Castle St), or parking for €3 daily
Registration: required but free (use this survey to register)
Please bring: yourself, a lunch dish to share, seeds to swap
Contact: youth@talamhbeo.ie
*Youth = anyone 35 and under and/or new entrants to farming.

Organic Growers of Ireland (OGI) Conference
2025-11-25 09:00 - 17:00
https://nots.courseco.co/course-detail/organic-growers-of-ireland-ogi-conference/?id=75
Tuesday 25th November 2025
OGI Conference 2025 will take place on Tuesday, 25th November at the Avalon House Hotel, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. This year’s speakers include Bryan O’Hara, pioneer no-till grower from Connecticut, USA on his first visit to Ireland, renowned UK organic farmer Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford, and Geetie Singh-Watson, owner of the Bull Inn, in Devon, UK and founder of the world’s first organic pub. They’ll be joined by a panel of expert Irish growers including Jim Cronin, Janet Power, Joe & Aoife Reilly, Aonghus Ó Coistealbha and Mairead Costin, along with speakers from the OGI and more. Book now to secure your place!

Basic Income - Online Conversation
2025-11-27 16:00 - 17:00

Radical Agrarian Reading Group
2025-11-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-25 19:00 - 21:00
Last Sunday of each month.
The challenges of revolutionizing our food system into one which is just and sustainable are huge, and the issues highly complex. Solutions are already being developed and reading about them will help learn lessons from what has and hasn’t worked elsewhere, provide a foundation for moving forwards, and allow us to strategise more effectively to produce the necessary system change. The Reading Group is open to growers, farmers, activists, researchers and food system professionals, and will meet monthly, on the last Sunday evening of each month (7-9pm).
Email Barry Ferguson at ferguson.barry@gmail.com for more information.

Online launch of our new position paper: "Methane Reduction Through Food Systems Transformation."
2025-12-10 15:30 - 16:30
Join us for the online launch of our new position paper: “Methane Reduction Through Food Systems Transformation.”
Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, December 10th @ 3:30-4:3o PM
Location: Online Zoom

Register for the Event – click here
This event will detail how adopting an agroecological approach can effectively reduce methane emissions within our food system while simultaneously addressing critical systemic issues that contribute to environmental, economic, and social decline. This is an essential discussion for anyone involved in agriculture, environmental policy, or food sovereignty.
We encourage you to view the full position paper ahead of the launch here: https://talamhbeo.ie/projects/methane-matters/

Rooted in Strength : Women, Climate & Food Justice
2026-02-06 10:00 - 13:00
Friday Feb 6 @ 10am, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Rooted in Strength : Women, Climate & Food Justice – this event is still being finalised, more information and registration on Eventbrite
Join us to raise awareness of the difficulties that farmers face due to extreme weather events and help brainstorm solutions.
This event is for anyone interested in learning about, or advocating for local food systems – policy makers, people working for services and agencies, practitioners, researchers, activists, campaigners and small businesses using or interested in using local ingredients in their products.

Basic Income Online Conversation
2026-02-16 20:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-26 16:00 - 17:00
Join us for a small group and open conversation with other farmers around Talamh Beo’s current ‘Strengthening Local Food Economies’ project, with special focus on the Basic Income Model for farmers. This event is for primary food producers.
This is one of the final events in this series.
Register your Interest here

Feeding Ourselves Annual Gathering
2026-03-26 10:00 - 2026-03-29 17:00
SAVE THE DATE – 26th to 29th of March, 2026, Cloughjordan
Feeding Ourselves Annual Gathering – Once again we will come together as local food producers, community food initiatives, researchers, and advocates in our 4 day annual gathering and community of practice, there will be talks, workshops, walks and of course delicious food to be shared. Talamh Beo members will be present and involved most days with a special focus on the Friday as part of our Strengthening Local Food Economies project.
Head here for the full schedule & registration.

Changing Landscapes
2026-05-14 08:00 - 17:00
See full details https://www.hometree.ie/changinglandscapes

National Biodiversity Week
2026-05-15 - 2026-05-24
Join us for a very exciting line up of free 14 Farm Walks for National Biodiversity Week 2026 which takes place all across the country from 15th-24th May. Book any walk via Eventbrite here.

Future Oak Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Donegal 2026
sunday 17th @ 12pm
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/future-oak-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-donegal-2026-tickets-1986633749022?aff=oddtdtcreator

Manna Organic Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Kerry 2026
friday22nd 10am to 1pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986633652734?aff=oddtdtcreator

Gorse Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Carlow 2026
Saturday 16th @ 11am
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/gorse-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-carlow-2026-tickets-1986633636686?aff=oddtdtcreator

Skehana Hill Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Kilkenny 2026
wednesday 20th at 5pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986633700878?aff=oddtdtcreator

Mount Allen Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Roscommon 2026
sunday 17th at 11am
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mount-allen-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-roscommon-2026-tickets-1986633661761?aff=oddtdtcreator

Comeragh Mountain Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Waterford 2026
Saturday 23rd at 11am
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/comeragh-mountain-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-waterford-2026-tickets-1986633616626?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tattie Hoaker Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Sligo 2026
saturday 23rd at 2pm
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tattie-hoaker-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-sligo-2026-tickets-1986633415023?aff=oddtdtcreator

Cloncannon BioFarm Biodiversity Walk Co Tipperary 2026
Sunday 24th at 2.30pm
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cloncannon-biofarm-biodiversity-walk-co-tipperary-2026-tickets-1986633562464?aff=oddtdtcreator

Síolta Chroí Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Monaghan 20256
Sunday 17th @ 11am
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/siolta-chroi-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-monaghan-20256-tickets-1986633570488?aff=oddtdtcreator

Leagh Farm Organics Biodiversity Walk Co Kerry 2026
saturday 23rd @ 12pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986633723947?aff=oddtdtcreator

Knockvicar Alpaca Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Roscommon 2026
Sunday 17th, at 15h00
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/knockvicar-alpaca-farm-biodiversity-walk-co-roscommon-2026-tickets-1986633608602?aff=oddtdtcreator

OURganic Gardens Farm Biodiversity Walk Co Donegal 2026
Friday 22nd at 11am
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986633669785?aff=oddtdtcreator

Heart of the Living Forest Biodiversity Walk Co Wicklow2026
SAturday 16th May 10am
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/heart-of-the-living-forest-biodiversity-walk-co-wicklow-2026-tickets-1986634411002?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Barna Way Farm, Co Kerry – Tuesday 19th May, 11am

Ardnaculla Summer School - Hometree
2026-05-15 08:00 - 2026-05-17 17:00
Ardnaculla Summer School, 15 – 17th May, 2026
A community and ecology festival promoting learning, connection and regeneration.
Join us for three days of discussions, workshops and field trips.
See all details – https://www.hometree.ie/ardnacullasummerschool

SLFE Webinar
2026-05-19 15:30 - 16:30
Feeding Ourselves Webinar
Securing our Food Sovereignty
This will be an Online event, part of the Strengthening Local Food Economies Project.
Tuesday, May 19th @ 15:30 – 17.00
As global shocks expose the fragility of Ireland’s input-dependent, export-oriented food system,we ask – what would it take to secure our food sovereignty?
The session will explore how measures including public procurement, a stronger domestic food economy and changes in trade dynamics can help build a fairer, healthier and more resilient food future.
Register here or through the QR code
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/al5uvVKlT6CGLDLbqFRSdQ

Featuring guest speakers:
Morgan Ody is General Coordinator of La Via Campesina, and a small-scale vegetable farmer from Brittany, France. La Vía Campesina (from Spanish: la vía campesina, meaning the peasant way) is a global farmers organization of small and middle-scale food producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. It includes 182 organisations in 81 countries. With a strong focus on food sovereignty, it mobilizes and advocates for agrarian reform in peasant territories and provides training on agroecological production methods.
Sophia Murphy is Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). She is a food systems and international economy expert whose work is focused on resilient food systems and international trade. IATP’s mission is to work locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems. It takes a systems-based approach to identifying measures that could support agroecology and food sovereignty worldwide.

Talamh Beo x Gluaiseacht Youth Field School
2026-06-05 - 2026-06-07
Talamh Beo x Gluaiseacht Youth Field School (Cloughjordan)
Full details & Registeration HERE
This summer, Talamh Óg will link up with Gluaiseacht to host a weekend-long field school dedicated to skills sharing, practical workshops, and movement building. All farmers, landworkers, activists, and food systems reformers under 40 are invited to attend. Registration will open soon so stay tuned for more details! To get involved in planning or in Talamh Óg generally, you can email youth@talamhbeo.ie.

Farming for Nature
2026-06-22 - 2026-06-23

The Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference 2026
2026-07-09 - 2026-07-10
Food and Care: A Meitheal for Our Time 9th & 10th of July 2026

National Heritage Week
2026-08-15 - 2026-08-23
Farms Walks & Tradition Skills

Electric Picnic - Global Green
2026-08-28 - 2026-08-30
Come visit us at the Global Green. Stradbally, Laois

Ploughing Championships
2026-09-15 - 2026-09-17
Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly
