Clonmel Transition Town

Feeding Clonmel

transitiontownclonmel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:42:28 +0000

Feeding Clonmel

Clonmel Allotments Association with

Saturday 7^th November 2009 10:00-13:00

St. Peter & Pauls school hall

Keynote speaker Dr. Colin Sage, UCC

Dr. Sage will give an overview of our where our food comes from at the moment, and why we might want to build up our local food resilience. This talk will look at the issues with our current food supply system and why locally-produced food is important.

Solutions

A range of local speakers will each give short presentations outlining the different solutions that we could use in Clonmel, including:

Community Gardens

Allotments

Community Supported Agriculture

Back-garden growing

This free seminar is aimed at community and residents’ groups, farmers, local authority members and staff, institutions such as schools and hospitals, and businesses, with the aim of getting everyone together to network and share ideas with opportunities for questions and discussion.

For more information, or if you would like a stand to showcase what you are already doing with local food, please contact Mieke Muyllaert 052-6127930, mieke (at) eircom (dot) net

Thanks to St. Peter & Pauls school and Clonmel Farmers’ Market for their assistance.

Local Conference

transitiontownclonmel — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:50 +0000

Just to let you know that a Local conference is nearly upon us. On 28th and 29th October, Tipperary Institute’s Ceilluradh 09, is on the theme of ‘Creating Resilient Rural Communities.’ Speakers include Transitioner Kilkenny Mayor Malcolm Noonan, and also Rob Hopkins (on our bigscreen, via remote link).

Event includes meals, such as an early evening ‘Tast of Tipperary’ by slow-food guru Peter Ward. Cost, all inclusive, is €60. Please see flyer here. Booking essential.

Hope to see you there,

Clonmel Transition Team

Traditional Food & Farming Day

transitiontownclonmel — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:32:08 +0000

The streets of Clonmel will come alive on Sunday 30th August as part of National Heritage Week to showcase all that is good and great about our food and farming practices in South Tipp. There will be a series of free workshops and demonstrations throughout the day for people of all ages to enjoy. Hearns Hotel will kick start the day providing ‘A Real Tipperary Breakfast’ from 8am to 12 noon. Then at 12 noon the action will move to the Main Guard, Friary Street, Mitchell St (Narrow St.), Abbey St and Sarsfield St. There is something for everyone during the day such as: Mobile Farm, Allotments, The Armagh Rhymers, Food Street, Bee Keeping, Junction Food Heritage Cafe, Food Fair, Traditional Farming Exhibition, Wood crafting, thatching, candle making, butter making, bread making, pole lathing, fishing, toy making, basketry, composting, blacksmithing, spinning, Carrick cots, Seed sowing and saving and much more…….
More information on http://www.southtippheritage.ie/en/Events/Summery,3171,en.html

As part of County Heritage Day, Clonmel Allotments with Cashel’s Aimsir Bia are building a town-centre allotment in the Friary car-park. This will be on display from 12-6pm on Sunday 30th August, when we will be running kids’ workshops on seed-sowing, and giving advice and information on vegetable-growing, companion planting and natural pest control. From 3-5pm on the same day, the pilot allotment scheme on the Cashel road will be open to visitors. Call to us in the Friary car park for directions.

Herbal walk a great success

transitiontownclonmel — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:27:20 +0000

Despite the threatening weather (which actually stayed dry) and some important sporting events, there was an excellent turnout to the herbal walk. Christine gave an excellent insight into the uses of the wide range of common plants found along the roadside at Marlfield Lake. This covered everything from the food plants such as blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) and elder (Sambucus nigra), to the herbs such as meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) – useful for arthritis; ribwort plantain or soldiers (Plantago lanceolata) – useful for throat and chest complaints; yarrow (Achillea millefolium) – for fever associated e.g. with flu; and nettle (Urtica dioica) which has many uses; and lots more. It was amazing to learn about the vast resource we have all around us, and the different types of preparations such as teas and syrups. As mentioned on the walk, there are also some poisonous plants lurking out there, so only use what you’re sure of, and try a little bit at a time. Many thanks again to Marlfield Village for hosting this event, and to everyone who turned up on the day.

Biodiversity Action Plan for South Tipperary

transitiontownclonmel — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:11:03 +0000

Biodiversity of South Tipperary, have your say!

Biodiversity is short for biological diversity and means the variety of all living things on earth, including all plants, animals and micro-organisms. Some other words that are used to describe biodiversity include: flora and fauna; wildlife; habitats; ecosystems; ecology, natural heritage or nature. It is the basis for all life and helps sustain us by providing food, pollination, medicines, raw materials, clean air and water, and beautiful countryside.

South Tipperary County Council Heritage Office is drawing up a Biodiversity Action Plan and needs your input to make it work. The five-year plan will include an overview of biodiversity in the county and actions to help look after it. Now more than ever we need to be thinking about what natural resources we have and how best to look after them.
You can help by giving feedback on the form found at this link: http://www.southtippheritage.ie/en/Consultation/ or by directly contacting the plan facilitator, Mieke Muyllaert 052-6127930, mieke [at] eircom [dot] net.