The Organic College

We took our Beekeeping students on a tour to Andy Bourk’s Honey House today. Its the beekeeping class tasting the fruits of the year, which doubled  production of honey over last year and increased the bees stock as well. Andy

In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of agriculture” — the prestigious World Food Prize — for creating GMOs. Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a

The pictures give a flavour of the magic of Limerick/Tipperary’s best kept landscape secret. Clare Glens has thankfully escaped mass tourism and was an artist’s delight on Wednesday last. The flood rich foaming Clare river, framed by the edgy sandstone

We would like to thank all our students who participated in getting fruit, vegetables and preserves ready for the Limerick Show this year.  Our students grow all the produce and make all the jams and chuttneys within the College.  They

Our Students have developed a taste for Competition and decided to entre the Newcastle-West Flower Show, they wanted to see how their fruit and veg would stand up to competition and as a result of this we would like to

The sun shone warmly as gardeners, food enthusiasts and people for a good day out gathered last Sunday in record numbers at An tIonad Glas, the Organic College, Dromcollogher for the annual Open Day. From early afternoon whole families came

We would like to invite you to our Open Day on Sunday 28th July 2013 from 2pm to 5pm at the college. Everyone is welcome – if you’re a prospective student, interested in organic growing, organic food or just looking

We need a resilient agriculture and food policy! Dr Colin Sage, a leading author on food and the environment and senior lecturer in U.C.C. called for a resilient agriculture and food policy, as the only way to reduce the worst

This event will celebrate the love affair that Irish people have with the potato.  The best varieties, growing techniques and taste will be explored.  Health & nutrition information as well as recipes will be provided. Tours, tasting of varieties and

An tIonad Glas – The Organic College in Dromcollogher was this week selected as one of the Final Six Nationwide STAR Projects at a special AONTAS Awards Ceremony in Dublin as part of Adult Learners Festival 2013. The College, which