It's been an incredible year here at GIY, with over 950,000 people participating in our programmes, a great source of pride for us. One highlight was 50,000 pupils taking part in SuperValu Let's GROW, learning how to grow food in the classroom, absolute magic @supervaluIRL

🌱Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a complete novice, our action-packed 4 day GIY Organic Home Grower Course will take you on a journey from seed to harvest, teaching you the secrets of sustainable, homegrown organic food growing.
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🥚 From Back Garden to Breakfast: Learn Hen Keeping with GIY! 🌿
Perfect for beginners, this 1-day course will teach you all you need to start your journey toward sustainable living by keeping happy hens at home.
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An innovative zero waste project in Cork City - we hear how My Goodness is re-using their food waste for compost on #RTENationwide Wednesday 10th January RTÉ One 7pm & RTE1+1 at 8pm Cork Urban Soil Project Common Knowledge Mick Kelly Cork City Council LEO Cork City Ossian Smyth TD CorkHour RT

Look out the window - it's DEFINITELY a GROW HQ breakfast sort of day! You have until 12, or pop by any time before 5 for a gorgeous Sunday lunch. Call (051) 584 422 to book ahead!

I’m on Threads now, starting from scratch with no followers 😬 - check me out mickkellygrows. Feels like the early days of d’internet over there .. with much positivity and people just happy to be there ..

🥰 Good morning from SNOW HQ ⛄️ We're full of festive spirit and looking forward to welcoming you today for an award-winning breakfast (until 12) or lunch (until 5). Christmas jumpers aren’t mandatory, but they are strongly encouraged 😉

Give her all of my license fee

We've hit the bigtime 😄💪 Check out our jerusalem artichokes for sale in an actual greengrocers!

🎄 Thank you so much to everyone who's chosen to celebrate with us in our lovely café, the atmosphere has been just fabulous, and the festive cheer is alive and well. We're looking forward to welcoming you to GROW HQ, don't forget to book your table on 051-584422, just in case🌱

Lots of signed copies of our books ⁦GROW HQ⁩ and only minor cramp

It’s the ‘fennel’ countdown! 🚚The last day for Christmas delivery is Monday, can you believe it?! You can shop all your sustainable gifting needs on giy.ie today, tomorrow and Sunday (& Monday morning for those of you who like to live on the edge 😉) #GIY

Rhubarb in the car park ⁦GROW HQ⁩ starting to sprout already 😳

🌱 How can we encourage more effective actions around climate change & biodiversity to make them the norm rather than the exception?
This and more in episode of 6 of the Food Done Right podcast with Mick Kelly & guests > giy.ie/food-done-righ… #GIY #Podcast

Mick Kelly Fully agree Mick. I grow nearly all my own so don't really help support local on veg ( I do on most other things). More giy education to schools and families would help pull them back from cost cutters, but unless there's some subsidy for irish growers, I don't see the answer

Mick Kelly Guessing most of us would want farmers paid fairly .

Mick Kelly Andi When I started in the business in 1986,we had 57 growers on our books from Dublin and Meath alone.Its’s less than a third of that now.
Yes people are squeezed with high inflation, but one thing is for sure, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Food inflation will be the result

This is a good step, particularly for helping our commercial veg growers - Agri-food regulator to be formally established via @RTENews rte.ie/news/regional/…

Big thanks to JB for putting this masterclass together, we’ll be starting the new year with a happy gut! Details below to book ⬇️

Really sad, but inevitable, to see the first of the examinerships as a result of tax debt warehousing during the pandemic.

It’s going to be a rough few months ahead in hospitality.

Support your local restaurants, cafés and bars, they are what make your neighbourhood different.