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Inspired by the logic behind this post from Jenny Vorwaller and this successful initiative by James Corbett, I’ve started a map of places where you can find healthy fresh farm produce.
The map will include farmers markets, artisan food retailers and individual farmers who sell directly to the consumer. Let me know, if I should add to that list.
The idea is that anybody can see at a glance, who is providing fresh food in their immediate vicinity and when they are open for business.
This is an open collaborative map, which means that anybody can add a location to the map. If you are unsure how to add a location, have a look at this video to see how. It’s really easy and will only take a minute or so. Click here, when you’re ready to add a location to it.
If there are any bloggers out there interested in this subject, it would be great if you could link to this post and spread the word. If this is popular, I’m going to try and creat a badge for it, so that people can put a permanent link to it on their sidebar.
Update:
There does seem to be an interest in this, so I have created a badge for it, which you can see on my sidebar. If you want to add this badge to your blog, you can use the following code snippet:
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Oxfam Ireland has launched a website for Fair Trade products.
It is a registered Fair Trade Organisation and is the only member of IFAT (The International Fairtrade Association) in Ireland.
They have a range of products including crafts, fashion and jewellery, food, coffee, toys and gifts. I occasionally review Fair Trade products from the UK on this site, so it’s good to see that we have irish alternatives also.
Wish them well.
Oxfam Ireland Fair Trade Product Store
technorati tags:fair_trade, Ireland, charity, jewellery, fashion, crafts, food
Ballyoak is a
soft cheese which is made from cow’s pasteurised milk, made into cheese in
small traditional cheese vats, mould ripened then placed in a kiln where
smoke from oak chips is drawn very slowly over the individual cheeses
imparting a unique flavour and texture to each one.
Fivemiletown Creamery
technorati tags:cheese, cheese Ireland, online shopping Ireland, artisan, artisan food Ireland, unique
This is a great chocolate making enterprise from Limerick and you get the sense that they enjoy what they do:
We pride ourselves in allowing our imaginations to wander when it comes to flavouring the chocolate, testing new ingredients and different combinations to create intriguing sensations and harmonies with the chocolate: lime zest and black pepper, tamarind with star anise and ginger, jalapeño with oak . At the same time we give traditional flavours a new lease of life with our approach to the quality of the ingredients. Our vanilla chocolate is infused with copious amounts of succulent Madagascan Vanilla pods. Our zests are freshly grated for each batch giving an incomparable purity and liveliness of flavour. When a chocolate has been made with such care we feel it deserves to be wrapped with the same individual attention. That is why we use vibrant packaging and hand wrap every chocolate.
Cocoabean Artisan Chocolates, Limerick, Ireland
technorati tags:organic, chocolate, fair trade, artisan, food, online shopping Ireland, unique
Ballybrado Direct is an intriguing new company that offers to deliver organic food to your door.
Ballybrado direct is a grassroots development, based on real farms and gardens, family-run craftsmanship processing and authentic produce – be it from Irish organic farms, Italian organic producers or German organic artisan food specialists, just to name a few.
At the moment the company delivers to dublin, Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Limerick. They have plans to extend this to the midlands, cork and the west of Ireland.
Organic Ballybrado Direct
technorati tags:organic, direct, delivery, home, food, online shopping Ireland, unique, artisan
Kieran Murphy’s blog - all about making, eating, pondering about and
enjoying sweet things by an Irish ice cream man and chocoholic in
Dingle, Ireland with recipes included.
Ice Cream Ireland
technorati tags:ice cream, food, artisan, online shopping Ireland, blog
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