Organisation: Grow It Yourself

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Garden Digest: Winter events to make the most of rooms outside

Check out all the garden visits, tours, talks, campaigns and online resources for the room outside

general

Buy local: Use your LOAF

food

Protect the planet by buying local this Christmas

general

Kathryn Thomas: ‘I try to make changes — no more baby wipes!’

news

Tasty prize on offer for teens who come up with top pea soup recipe

news

Quiz: One in seven children think fruit and veg originate in supermarket

Grow, cook, eat your own food says the man behind the Grow It Yourself movement

It all started with a bulb of garlic. Michael Kelly, the man who would go on to set up the Grow It Yourself (GIY) movement, had his Road to Damascus moment in a supermarket a little more than a decade ago when he noticed that the garlic on the shelf had come all the way from China.

Fri, 11 Nov, 2016

Grow It Yourself (GIY) is a true home-grown success story

The €1.45m centre for Grow It Yourself (GIY) — which was officially opened in Waterford the other day — was the brainchild of Michael Kelly, founder of the movement dedicated to promoting home-grown food.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2016

Growing your own food is they key to health and happiness

I have a friend who is a gifted gardener. Her focus is on growing food to eat. She has neatly laid out plots and a productive polytunnel which allows her to continue gardening in the worst of weathers.

Thu, 10 Sep, 2015

Growing trend towards veg and herbs

More people are going green by growing greens, it has emerged.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2012

Call not to buy cheap vegetables

IRELAND’S remaining commercial vegetable growers have gained support from an unexpected but potentially powerful source.

Thu, 05 Jan, 2012

Food producers call on public to shop local

EVERY €10 spent on local food products leads to an injection of €34 into the local economy and helps employ thousands of people around the country, producers said yesterday.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2011

Going back to basics

CLOSE to a hundred people crammed into our local village hall recently for the inaugural meeting of GIY (Grow It Yourself) Shanagarry, east Cork.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2010