Hands-on composting workshop – hot compost, cold compost, worm composting. Know your greens from your browns, try out different containers and systems and learn what’s hot and what’s not in your pile! Tips and tricks for making the best thing to give to your soil – lovely compost!
Location: Madeline McKeever’s, Church Cross, Skibb.
Contact: Tom Atkins on 028 23889
Email: toma@organiccollege.com
Hear the story of Canadian Percy Schmeiser!
and his legal battle against Monsanto for the right to sow his own seeds
Wednesday, 21st June
8pm The Quality Hotel
Clonakilty
Percy Schmeiser is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada whose Canola (oil seed rape) fields were contaminated with Monsanto’s Round-Up Ready Canola. Monsanto’s insisted that he must pay them a Technology Fee of $15/acre - it didn’t matter whether Schmeiser knew or not that his canola field was contaminated with the Roundup Ready gene, or whether or not he took advantage of the technology (he didn’t). The Supreme Court of Canada agreed with Schmeiser, ruling that he didn’t have to pay Monsanto anything.
“In my case, I never had anything to do with Monsanto, outside of buying chemicals. I never signed a contract. If I would go to St. Louis and contaminate their plots - destroy what they have worked on for 40 years -I think I would be put in jail and the key thrown away.”
This is a once in a lifetime chance to hear from one of the heroes of the anti-GM food movement. A social evening will follow. Everyone is welcome. Entrance is free. Donations Welcome
For more information contact Madeline McKeever 028 38184 Email: madsmckeever@eircom.net
The walk at Cornucopia on the 9th July has been cancelled.
An alternative walk will now take place at Ardnashee near Bantry on the same day (9th July 2006). Click the “Walks” link on the mneu for full details.
As well as producing the seed for Brown Envelope Seeds this is an organic beef farm on the estuary of the Ilen river. There is a garden and 2 polytunnels used for seed production, grassland for beef production and 5ha of newly planted woodland. Also of interest is a wetland used for sewage treatment, a young orchard and a hedge laid in the January 2004 workshop. There will be a plant swap and sale to raise funds for Growing Awareness.
Directions Go West on the Skibb to Ballydehob road for about 4 miles to Church Cross. Turn left opposite the church with the big cypress tree, signed for Cunnamore etc. After about 2 miles you come to Minihane’s pub. Turn left just past the pub (sign posted for Turk Head) and go to the next junction. Follow the sign for Turk Head. After this junction it is the fourth entrance on the right. The house is stone-faced with blue windows.
Contact Madeline McKeever on 028 38184