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We now have physical copies of our new booklet of measures! This explains the importance of our project measures for water, biodiversity, climate and farmers 🌊🌱🌎👩‍🌾 An online version is available at: irdduhallow.com/site15/wp-cont… Do you work with farmers who might like a copy? DM us!

In this demo farm video, we visit project farmer Con's 'Magic Field' 🧑‍🌾📹 🔵 Here, we discuss the importance of species-rich wet grasslands for water, hydromorphology and other benefits! 🚜🐮🌱🦉🦋🌼🌍 🔵 @WatersProgramme @BlueDotWaters youtu.be/QYKoJyn_Bz8?fe… via @YouTube

4th Demo Farm in our video series 👩‍🌾📹 Eileen's farm is a diffuse runoff interception demo farm 🌱 🔵 In this video we explore @EPACatchments PIP-P maps and measures including ponds, hedgerows, tree planting and bunds 🔵 youtu.be/4tm_8iNC9dc?fe… via @YouTube

Check out the 3rd demo farm in our video series! 🔵 Demo farmer William installed a farm rd upgrade, sediment ponds & an innovative alternative drinking source! 🐮 🚜 He also manages many farmland habitats that benefit blue dot rivers 🌳 🔵 youtu.be/1k9JqLiBnM0?fe… via @YouTube

This afternoon we present the 2nd demo farm video of our video series!🧑‍🌾📹 🔵 We visit project demo farmer Tony who shows us nature-based riverbank stabilisation, rainwater harvesting, solar pump, farm rd upgrade & a high quality wetland 🔵 youtu.be/ZmIuZYD-7MY?fe… via @YouTube

Below is the first of our demo farm videos! 📹👩‍🌾 🔵 In this video we visit project farmer Edel to see a farm road upgrade and two-chamber sediment pond installed under the project, as well as a high quality riparian woodland. 🌳 🔵 youtu.be/on9mmhUzLQY?fe… via @YouTube

@WatersProgramme @EUWatersofLIFE @EPACatchments @InlandFisherIE @Corkcoco

Last year, with support from @BlueDotWaters, we filmed five demo farms, as well as a video on the importance of blue dots to Duhallow. We will be launching demo farm videos each afternoon next week 🧑‍🌾📹 Today we launch the first video: youtu.be/g5fnu_NOAqM?fe… via @YouTube

@sarahmcintosh46 @ucdagfood @UCCCoopStudies

📣 I need your help. I am looking for agri-food graduates who have left Ireland in the last year and are working abroad.

Last Saturday we teamed up with the Duhallow Conservation Volunteer Network and planted a 150m native hedgerow through a large nutrient flow pathway. This farm is mostly PIP-Rank 1 and is in the ALLOW_060 catchment, which improved in status between 2013-2018 and 2016-2021

Right measures, right place 🔑

@MikeBrosnan2 SAMCO

@DuhallowBlueDot Where did ye get the biodegradable membrane from?

Hedgerow planting to disrupt flow pathways has commenced. The plastic membrane used here is biodegradable. Hawthorn, Hazel and guelder rose planted to deliver multiple benefits to water, biodiversity, climate and farm. 🔵🌳🚜

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our end of project conference next Thursday 7th Dec to hear about project results and learn about the great work done by project farmers over the past 4.5 years🚜 🔵🔵🔵 Sign up at the link below irdduhallow.com/events/duhallo…

@BlueDotWaters @WatersProgramme @agriculture_ie @EPACatchments @TeagascACP @farmfornature @InlandFisherIE @IFAmedia @icmsa @EUWatersofLIFE @SloWaters_Ire

We will host our End-of-Project Conference on Thursday 7th December 🔵 Book your space at the link below: irdduhallow.com/events/duhallo… 🔵🌳🐮

Thank you to Dr Catherine Keena @teagasc for an excellent talk on Hedgerows last Thursday! 🔵🌳🐮🐭🦋 Our final series talk will be this Thursday and will be on Renewable Energy on Farms by Barry Caslin 🧑‍🌾🐮🚜 Sign up below: irdduhallow.com/events/autumn-…

Tonight we will host Dr. Catherine Keena @teagasc for a talk on best practice hedgerow management and all things farmland biodiversity! 🌳🔵🐮 Sign up at the link below: irdduhallow.com/events/eip-tal…

Good turn out last night for a great talk on opportunities for woodland on farms 🌳🌳🌳 There was particular interest amongst farmers in the Native Tree Area Scheme 👌 Thanks to @rayofoghlu @hometree__ for the interesting and informative talk 🔵

Next up in our Autumn Talk Series is @rayofoghlu from @hometree__ 🔵🌳🐮 🕗 Thursday 12th October, 8pm 📍 James O Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, Co. Cork Book your place here: irdduhallow.com/events/eip-aut…