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Organic Matters

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About the show

Organic Matters Podcast is brought to you every Saturday by the Irish Organic Association. Our host Hannah Quinn-Mulligan will expertly guide you through each episode as we meet organic farmers and food producers from all over Ireland. We have been certifying organic farms and businesses for 40 years and we bring you a flavour of why organic matters now more than ever. Meet some of our fantastic members discussing how organic is central to their business. Tune in every Saturday at 12 noon.

Latest episodes

  • Season 5: Suckler farming on Queen Meav's island

    October 10, 2026 · 30 min

    This week on Organic Matters, we take to the water to bring you a very special podcast on Inis Cloithrinn or Quaker Island as it is locally known, where organic livestock farmer Herbert Farrell keeps native Irish Droimeann cattle and the…

  • Season 5: Getting your organic suckler and sheep system right for you

    September 26, 2026 · 24 min

    This week on Organic Matters, we speak to James Donnellan, an organic suckler and sheep farmer based in Northeast Galway. James talks about his love of Aubrac cattle and the importance of getting an organic system right for the individual…

  • Season 5: Saving Ireland's seed and apple heritage

    September 9, 2026 · 37 min

    This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we speak to Elaine Bradley from the Irish Seed Savers Association based in Clare. It works to protect and preserve Ireland’s traditional seed and heritage apple varieties. Elaine talks about the…

  • Season 5: Growing organic potatoes, apples and beef finishing

    August 29, 2026 · 14 min

    This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we speak to farmer Donald Treacy, based near Athy in Co. Kildare, who runs a mixed organic farm with his wife Aideen and two sons. Donald discusses the different enterprises on Battlemount Organic…

  • Season 5: Making a business from organic veg

    August 15, 2026 · 25 min

    This week, long time organic vegetable grower Dermot Carey, based in South Kildare, talks to the Organic Matters Podcast about his business. Coming from a family involved in vegetable growing and wholesaling over the years, Dermot cut his…

  • Season 5: Organic beef finishing and growing your own grain

    August 1, 2026 · 25 min

    This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we speak to farmer Brian Meredith based in Co. Laois, who runs a spring and autumn organic suckler-to-beef herd with his father. He discusses coming home to farm, the transition to organics and…

  • Season 5: Managing organic grasslands in dry conditions and experimenting with living mulches

    July 18, 2026 · 21 min

    This week on the Organic Matters Podcast, we speak with Mary Lynch, an independent organic advisor and ACA member who also runs a mixed suckler beef and tillage farm with her husband in Co. Tipperary. Mary reflects on how organic farmers…

  • Season 5: Farming in the Burren and renovating old buildings for agri-tourism

    July 4, 2026 · 19 min

    This week's Organic Matters Podcast meets organic suckler farmer Pat McCarthy who is farming in the Burren. His children are the ninth generation on their family farm in Co. Clare where they have over 300 acres of land, which includes a…