Come farm with Limerick's Shay Galvin without getting your hands dirty!

AGRI Aware has launched its new webinar series Come Farm With Me which brings boys and girls virtually onto farms without worrying if their uniforms will get dirty!

Launched at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois in September 2024, the series welcomed over 24,000 students virtually across broccoli, beef and pig farms prior to Christmas. 

This spring, students will get the opportunity to see inside the workings of a tillage, dairy and sheep farm. 

First up this spring to show primary schools around their farm is Agri Aware’s own chairman Shay Galvin, who is a tillage farmer in Croom. 

Shay will educate students on everything there is about tillage production, including the growing and harvesting of crops such as wheat, barley, beans and maize, as well as the uses of these crops both in terms of animal feed and in food production. 

The former Limerick IFA chair will then join students live on the webinar to answer any questions students may have. 

Later in springtime, award-winning dairy farmer Gearoid Maher (pictured below with wife Sarah), from Cappamore , will showcase life on his dairy farm before the series finale from county Roscommon on the sheep farm of Aoife Coyle. 

Speaking on his farm at the launch of part two of the series, Shay said it’s a really exciting few weeks ahead with the upcoming episodes of the Come Farm With Me series. 

He said he is looking forward to showcasing the work Irish tillage farmers do,  educating students about the sector and what a typical tillage farm looks like.

“I hope students enjoy the episode and also that of Gearoid and Aoife on their respective dairy and sheep farms in the coming weeks. 

“At Agri Aware, we are very grateful to all farmers who have opened their gates to educate the next generation of consumers on Irish agriculture and food production,” said Shay.

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Agri Aware aims to create a national awareness of the value of modern agriculture and farming, the stewardship of the rural environment, animal welfare and the benefits of nutritious Irish food.

It is a charitable trust that is funded by the farming and agri-food industry.

For more information on the new webinar series Come Farm With Me, log onto agriaware.ie