EAR TO THE GROUND

Broadcast Details: Thursday 4th January, 7.00pm

This week on the programme Darragh is in Cork with a farmer who is saying goodbye to his cows and hello to his pigs. Maeve is getting a taste for allotment life in Dublin and Ella is in Westmeath meeting a woman who has returned to the family farm to set up a new fermentation business.


Allotments
There are an estimated 2,500 publicly provided allotments in Ireland – low by European standards. Denmark for example has some 40,000. Maeve Dineen finds a motley crew at the 76 allotments in Palmerstown, provided by South Dublin County Council.

Glenbrook Farm
Peter Twomey from Whitecross, Cork is a third generation farmer who is going against the tide – he is selling his herd and leaving dairy farming. On an emotional day, Darragh joins Peter as he bids a final farewell to the premium herd that he has spent 20 years building up.

Fermenter
Rose Green spent many years travelling the world as an-in-demand chef. But it was a chance encounter with fermented food in a restaurant in Belgium, that ended up with her returning to the family farm in Westmeath to set up their own business. Ella McSweeney spent the day with Rose and her partner Margaux to find out more about their business.

Ear to the Ground is produced by indiepics for RTÉ.

For more information contact, Production Manager Sylvia Lynch – sylvia.l@indiepics.ie.