Cork GIY is holding a bring-and-share Harvest Day on Saturday, August 31, from 2pm-5pm in the Hydro Farm Allotments Tower/Blarney.

Discussions on the future of the food industry, featuring more than 30 experts, will form a new addition to next week’s Bloom Festival in Dublin thanks to the Grow It Yourself movement.

THE next time you see a dandelion pushing its unwelcome head through the soil in your well-tended herbaceous border, consider this: dandelions are more nutritious than most of the vegetables in your garden.