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• Jan 1, 2026, Irish Times, Sylvia Thompson: Network puts focus on nutritious seasonal food for people and planet

• Nov 17, 2025, Agriland.ie, Joe Griffin: National Strategy Needed: Talamh Beo’s position paper calls for a coordinated national agriculture strategy to transform the food system, reduce emissions, and achieve food sovereignty. 

• October 8, 2025 , Farmer’s Journal, Janine Kennedy: ‘Food for Thought : We are what we eat’

• Jul 15, 2025 The Journal.ie (Investigation),Staff, Oliver Moore: Fat-Filled Milk Powder (FFMP) Exports: the ethical and economic impact of Irish-exported FFMP on farm families in West Africa 

• May 25 2025 The Times, Growers Unite in Seeking Help to Survive the Climate Crisis 

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• Nov 24, 2025 Donegal News / Agriland Thomas O’Connor, Milo Butler: Talamh Beo launches report calling for a national strategy to diversify intensive beef and dairy farming to reduce methane and secure food system control for farmers. 

• Nov 21, 2025 RTE.ie, Aengus Cox: Food security efforts stepped up amid rising climate pressures

• Oct 15, 2025 Irish Times, Kevin O’Sullivan : Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets

• Oct 15, 2025 Zero Waste Europe Coverage of the “Methane Matters: Now More Than Ever” conference in Brussels 

• Jun 8, 2025 The Journal.ie, Daniel Long: Land Use Review Concerns:  proposals favor a major shift towards intensive dairy farming and lack of fairness for diverse farming types. 

• May 30 2025 Agriland.ie, Maitiú Monaghan: Report: New finance models needed to ‘de-risk’ climate adaptation costs on farms 

• March 25, 2025 Agriland.ie Maitiú Monaghan: INHFA tells nature forum ‘farmers have been thrown under the bus’

• Jan 28, 2025 Agriland.ie, Maitiú Monaghan: Organic farmers plea for government assistance after storm 

• Jan 16, 2025 The Journal.ie (Opinion) Oliver Moore: Report on Palestine: Oliver Moore (Talamh Beo member) details his experience as part of an international La Via Campesina delegation to the West Bank, focusing on the impact of conflict and occupation on farmers.

• Dec 10, 2024, Agriland.ie, Aisling O’Brien: Talamh Beo condemns signing of Mercosur trade deal 

• Jul 2024, Make Methane Matter Methane Matters Coalition: Briefing for new MEPs: Policy brief urging the EU to prioritize methane mitigation from agriculture and waste. 

• May 19, 2024, Agriland, Caroline Allen: Over 200 events scheduled for National Biodiversity Week 

• January 7, 2024, Agriland, Caroline Allen: Talamh Beo reps attend Colombia conference 

• Jan 6, 2024 Agriland.ie, Caroline Allen: Detailed coverage of the Talamh Beo representatives attending the 8th International La Via Campesina (LVC) Conference in Colombia. 

• October 8, 2023, Agriland, Caroline Allen: ‘Agroecology not agribusiness’ theme for upcoming conference

• October 17, 2022, Pippahackett.ie: Talamh Beo Launch soil biodiversity literacy EIP project

• April 16, 2022, Agriland, Caroline Allen: Talamh Beo launches soil EIP project on Pippa Hackett’s farm 

• Apr 15, 2022, Agriland.ie, Caroline Allen: Soil EIP Launch: Talamh Beo launches its Soil Biodiversity EIP (European Innovation Fund) project on Minister Pippa Hackett’s farm, focusing on farmer-led trials and soil health literacy. Agriland Link

• Mar 12, 2022, Irish Times, Ruth Hegarty Can Ireland feed itself? Yes. A nutritious diet? Not at the moment 

• 18 October 2021, That’s Farming, Catherina Cunnane: ‘Women have a right to equal participation’ – sheep farmer .

• October 17, 2021, Agriland, Caroline Allen: Talamh Beo calls for local food policy framework

• April 27, 2021, The Irish Times, Kevin O’Sullivan, contribution from John Brennan of Talamh Beo: Alternative food strategy sets out how to cut agricultural emissions. A report by 70 environmental and climate groups puts Green Party in a difficult position. 

• January 20, 2021, Rupture – Eco socialist quarterly, Des Hennelly: Three meals deep – An interview with Fergal Anderson of Talamh Beo 

• Jan 4, 2020, Irish Times: 50 people to watch in 2020: the best young talent in Ireland 

• October 17, 2019, Greennews.ie, Kayle Crosson: Sustainable, local food revolution needed in Ireland.

• March 6, 2019, Agriland, Charles O’Donnell: New farm organisation to host first meeting this weekend

• March 7, 2019, ARC 2020, Oliver Moore: New Farmer Organisation – Talamh Beo – Launches in Ireland

• April 20, 2015, The Irish Examiner, Oliver Moore: Farmers form new Workers’ Alliance, Talamh

• Oct 22 2025: Denmark’s Green Tripartite Agreement: A New Model for Ireland’s Agriculture and Climate Policy? Opportunities and challenges for Ireland in delivering on climate and biodiversity targets re farming, how elements of the Danish model might be adapted to the current policy landscape in Ireland (Ailbhe Gerrard (Talamh Beo and Brookfield Farm))  

• Apr 15, 2025 Food Matters Podcast (Apple): Dr. Ollie Moore Farming in a Conflict Zone: Dr. Moore (Talamh Beo) discusses his trip as part of an LVC delegation to the West Bank. 

• Nov 16 2024: Conversation Beneath The Trees S2 E11 – The effect of trees and green space on our health and wellbeing 

• April 19, 2024: The Climate Alarm Clock Podcast – Why Does it Always Rain on Me. (Timestamp 35 mins)

• Apr 23 2023 The Learning to Die Podcast: Thomas O’Connor & Kieran O’Regan Episode #40 with Thomas O’Connor on Opposing the Corporate Capture of Food 

• May 12, 2022 : Irish Wildlife Trust webinar – Food security

• April 7, 2021 : Leftbloc. The ABCs of Green Politics – G is for Growing. Featuring Fergal Anderson of Talamh Beo talking about the Green Revolution.

• October 10, 2020 : The Land is on Drugs. Live Webinar on the Culture of Agriculture, featuring Talamh Beo representatives Breda Larkin and Sinead Moran.

• May 6, 2020 : Friends of the Earth Webinar – The Future of Food, featuring Talamh Beo representatives Fergal Anderson and Sinead Moran

• Nov 19, 2025 Midwest Radio 96.1 Sustainable farming group calls for methane cut 

• July 26 2025 RTÉ Radio 1 CountryWide CAP negotiations panel discussion – Denis Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association; Karen Mannion, CEO of Forum Connemara; Ruth Hegarty, Director of Food Policy Ireland and a board member of Talamh Beo. 

• 18 January 2025 RTÉ Radio 1 CountryWide: Farming in the West Bank – Spring is coming to the fertile lands of the Jordan Valley. Ollie Moore, a member of Talamh Beo, has just returned from visiting Palestinian farmers there. 

• November 14, 2019 : RTE 1,  Drivetime. Philip Boucher Hayes speaks to Matt Smith, Treehome, and Fergal Anderson, Talamh Beo, about reforestation in Ireland.

• November 19, 2025 : ‘Snapshots on Climate Change and its Impacts on Our Welfare’

• November 6, 2025 : Never Waste a Good Crisis: Building an alternative to rotten trade deals – Fergal Anderson of Talamh Beo joined as panelist to discuss EU and Ireland Trade Policy.  Hosted by Lynn Boylan MEP.

• Oct 14, 2025 Dáil Éireann Debate (Oireachtas Record) Deputy Robert O’Donoghue re Talamh Beo: “These groups are doing that with little or no Government support. They call for exactly what is missing, which is a joined-up national food security strategy that supports local production, tackles food poverty and builds resilience within the system… Will the Minister commit to backing these communities…”

• Sep 25, 2025 Dáil Éireann Debate (Oireachtas Record) Catherine Connolly: “I was with the Talamh Beo group, which grows sustainably. Its members pointed out to me that there is no policy for sustainable growth.. “

• 30 May 2025 : Farm to Finance: The Processor–Farmer Nexus in Ireland’s Agricultural Climate Transition (link includes video) Exploring the relationship between farmers and food processors in relation to the climate transition within Agriculture. Ailbhe Gerrard (Talamh Beo and Brookfield Farm)

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  22 September 2023 : Earth Rising Festival IMMA Campus, Dublin. MORE THAN TWO VEG at the Field Kitchen –  a panel talk featuring Janet Power of Talamh Beo about Irish food production, building sustainable agricultural systems and food sovereignty.

• 3 April 2023 : Wild Mind Festival Fenit, Co. Kerry. IS THERE A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY TO FARM? Food for our future –  a panel talk featuring Thomas O’Connor of Talamh Beo.

• August 25 2022 : Food for Thought. Artists, activists and farmers came together in the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork to discuss issues surrounding Ireland’s food security. Hosted by food activist and artist Lisa Fingleton (Talamh Beo), with members of the Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA) and smallholder’s union Talamh Beo taking part.

• April 13, 2022 : Maynooth University’s Festival of Food Sovereignty. Building food sovereignty in Ireland and beyond, contributions from David Wolfe (Proprietor, Wakelyns Farm, Suffolk, UK), Rose Hogan (Sustainable Agriculture Adviser, Trocaire), Breda Larkin (artist, Talamh Beo), and Jason Horner (seed grower and Ireland Coordinator for the GAIA Foundation Seed Sovereignty UK and Ireland Programme)

• La Via Campesina : Talamh Beo is part of the wider global organisation La Via Campesina and its European branch (ECVC).
• The National Women’s Council : The leading national representative organisation for women and women’s groups in Ireland, founded in 1973. We have over 190 member groups and a large and growing community of individual supporters.
• Agroecology Europe : Agroecology Europe intends to place agroecology high on the European agenda of sustainable farming and food systems. We foster interaction and knowledge sharing to create an inclusive European community of professionals, practitioners, and societal stakeholders in agroecology.
• Irish Environmental Network : The Irish Environmental Network is an umbrella network that works to support national environmental NGOs through access to funding and services. It consists of environmental NGOs that carry out their work through practical conservation work, campaigning, lobbying and raising public awareness of environmental and conservation needs.
• The Wheel :  The Wheel is Ireland’s national association of charities, community groups and social enterprises. They provide leadership to the charity and community sector and advocate on behalf of members.  As a resource they offer advice, training and other opportunities to people working or volunteering in the charity and community sector.
• IDEA – the Irish Development Education Association, is the national network for Global Citizenship Education in Ireland. Together with our members, they work to strengthen and champion Global Citizenship Education in Ireland and internationally.