I’m sitting in the stimulating setting of the new Riverside Café in Skibbereen with Bill Hogan of West Cork Natural Cheese watching jackdaws steal peanuts from a feeder intended for smaller, more colourful birds. “I think we should talk about the crisis,” Bill says to me. I agree because I want to see where [...]
Archive for February, 2009
We Should Talk
Posted in Food producers, tagged cheese, Local food, recession on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Slow Food Heritage Series
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bandon, butchers, food events, meat, Slowfood on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Picked up this from the Cork City Slow Food blog. Sounds brilliant and it’s in Bandon too!! Slow Food West Cork Convivium, Urru Culinary Store, Dan Maloney Meat Centre and Martin Carey Butchers all of Bandon have joined together to provide a unique opportunity to give a masterclass by meat and culinary experts. [...]
Clonakilty Food Market
Posted in Community Food, tagged clonakilty, farmers market on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hi Ivan, Meeting to be hosted by the committee of Clonakilty Market, invited local business people, and invited local resident speakers to discuss and address the current situation in regards to the proposed outdoor food market in Clonakilty. Meeting to be chaired by Mick Hanly, Chairman of Clonakilty Tourism board. All are welcome. Tuesday, [...]
Bantry CSA – the Community Solution to Getting Your Oats?
Posted in Community Food, farmers, Food producers, tagged bantry, community supported agriculture, csa, farming, sheeps head on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been interested for some time in a model of food production called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) so I was delighted to find that a few pioneering souls are getting one going on the Sheep’s Head. Community supported agriculture is a relatively new socio-economic model of food production, sales, and distribution aimed [...]
