Clonmany Agricultural Show - 8th and 9th August 2023
“Farming, Food and Nature” Programme
Tuesday 8th August
10.30 - 11.10am “ACRES: Donegal Co-Operation Area”
Henry O’Donnell (Acres Scheme)
11.10 – 11.30am “Restoring Soil: The Importance of Soil Biology”
Kevin and Claire Moore (KPM Soils)
11.30 - 11.50am “Compost Making”
Neil Crossan (Living Green Compost)
11.50 – 12.10pm “Steps to Increase Biodiversity in your Forest”
Paul Butler (Teagasc)
12.10 - 12.30pm “Farm Woodland – Grants, Low Impact Harvesting and Nature
Based Solutions”
Ross Buchanan (Inish Forestry)
12.30 - 12.50pm “Our Local Rivers”
Trish Murphy (Inishowen Rivers Trust)
12,50 – 1.10pm “ Water Quality Protection and Restoration”
Jimmy Mc Veigh (Local Authority Waters Programme)
2.30 - 3.30pm “Improving Gut Health through Local Foods”
Katherine Kelly (Renua Nutrition)
“Edible Seaweeds”
William McElhinney
“Juices – Wheatgrass/Tumeric”
Neil Crossan
“Community Gardens”
Patsy Toland (Clonmany Community Garden)
“Show Me the Colour of Your Honey”
Tom Evans (Inishowen Beekeepers)
Tuesday and Wednesday - On Display
Nature Project by the Pupils of Cloontagh Primary School, Clonmany
“ The Nature of Cloontagh”
Wednesday 9th August
10.30 - 11.10am “ACRES: Donegal Co-Operation Area
Henry O’Donnell (Acres Scheme)
11.10 – 11.40am “Water Table Management of Farmland”
Francis Fortune (Green Restoration Ireland Coop)
11.40 – 12.00noon “Working with Famers to Conserve the Corncrake in Donegal”
Jone Ugarteburu (Corncrake LIFE Project)
12.00 - 12.20pm “Management of Inishowen’s Uplands”
John Doherty (Inishowen Uplands EIP)
12.20 – 12.40pm “Farming for Nature”
Boyd Bryce
12.40 – 1.00pm Overview of Biodiversity at National Level”
Aengus Kennedy (Nature North West)
2.30 - 3.10pm Wellbeing from Nature – Local and Global Actions
Panel Discussion facilitated by
Inishowen Development Partnership
Chaired by Patsy Toland (Changemakers)
“Food Waste / Healthy Food / Sustainability”
Niamh Britton (SlainteCare)
“Local Farming working with Nature”
Joe Sweeney (IDP/Chair IFA)
“Sustainability Passports / Seeds of change”
Kate O’Callaghan (Changemakers)
“Social, Organic and Sustainable Farming”
Bernard de Cuester (Muineagh Organic Farm)
2.30 – 3.30pm Stalls, Mingle and Food Tasting – samples/recipes
from around the world
Incl. displays DCC bins (from Suzanne Bogan) / Fairtrade /
Sustainability Passport / ECO Inishowen event, etc….
