Maeve’s orchard is an organic triumph
This is a staggeringly small amount, compared to other organic farming and growing sectors.
It’s also staggeringly small compared to consumption of organic fruit in Ireland. Indeed a tiny handful of growers, such as Rod and Julie Colder-Potts’ Highbank apple farm in Kilkenny, actually make up a significant percentage of this figure. As well as being one of the driving forces in what has been termed the ‘counter revolution’ – the move to set up community co-op shops in small rural towns around Ireland — Maeve O Hair is also a newcomer to organic fruit in Ireland. I visited her smallholding in mid Tipperary.
