Sustainable food: Learn how to grow it yourself at Ballymaloe 

Trailblazers Darina Allen and Karen O’Donohoe are teaching students about climate-positive and sustainable food production at Ballymaloe Organic Farm School

Darina Allen and consultant Karen O'Donohue in the garden with some organic soil at the Ballymaloe Organic Farm School, Shanagarry, Co. Cork. Picture: David Creedon

Darina Allen is as unstoppable and as passionate as ever, especially when she starts talking about the Ballymaloe Organic Farm School.

It’s the newest innovation at the iconic Ballymaloe Cookery School, located on a 100-acre organic farm in East Cork.