Twenty years a growning organically

Joseph Finke arrived in Co Tipperary 22 years ago with a dream to develop Irish organic farming. In the meantime, he has seen the industry, and his business, thrive, writes Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent.

PEOPLE did not really know what to make of Joseph Finke when he and some other Germans came to live in South Tipperary 22 years ago and began to develop organic farming.

But he is now hailed as a pioneer of Irish organic food production and a respected authority on the sector in this country and abroad.