MICHAEL KELLY and his merry team of GIYers are definitely ‘ change makers’. Similar to Slow Food, this movement was born out of frustration and indignation. 

Well, that's not something you see every day.

Food news with Joe McNamee.

THERE were smiles galore in Waterford over the past week, but they were not all about the county minor hurling team winning the All-Ireland championship for the first time in 65 years.

After nearly a year of ‘Gatherings’ up, down, and around the country, it’s hard to believe the original Gathering is only a week away.

Harvest Heaven

Poor Neidín barely gets a chance to wolf down his oats this weather before The Menu has him back in harness and out and about on the high roads for all the autumnal food festivals.

Festival-goers in Waterford have been urged to arrive with empty stomachs tomorrow to help gobble up the world’s biggest bowl of porridge.

THE Waterford Harvest Festival, which starts tomorrow and runs for nine days, could contribute as much as €2.5 million to the local economy, according to a survey of last year’s festival.

PITCHFORKS will be wielded by the hordes next month in Waterford but those involved will not be involved in any violence.

A SERIES of free events will take place during the upcoming Waterford Harvest Festival.

SLOW FOOD tours featuring the efforts of a variety of food producers ranging from a “sixth-generation miller” to a brand new goats cheese product from the Bilberry Goat Herd will be incorporated into the Waterford Harvest Festival next month.

A WHO’S who of celebrity chefs will descend upon Waterford city for the annual Harvest Festival next month.

ABOUT 50,000 foodies feasted on a huge banquet of flavour at the Waterford Harvest Festival in the city over the weekend.

MAYOR of Waterford Cllr Mary Roche has invited foodies, music lovers and the public in general to a picnic this weekend, as part of the city’s Harvest Festival.

That’s one of the conclusions we can draw from the early success of the new Grow it Yourself (GIY) movement.

EVERYWHERE I go, every dinner party, every pub, every chance meeting, the topic of conversation is always the same — recessionary chit-chat and endless whinging about the hopeless ineffectual politicians.

A GROUP will be launched nationwide next month to encourage people to grow their own food.

A NATIONAL not-for-profit organisation hoping to inspire and educate people to grow their own food is to be launched at the Waterford Harvest Festival in September.