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Food activism Ireland

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Location Ireland, Europe
Coordinates 52° 51' 54.71" N, 7° 58' 46.06" W

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' Food activism across Ireland. Learn about how communities positively impact through innovations, different projects and collaborations.

Networks and sustainability initiatives

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  • Bioregional Weaving Lab Waterford, giy.ie, page includes link to (pdf) online meeting report, to share the process and outcomes of the manifesto workshop, Oct 21, 2022, added 12:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Grow It Yourself Ireland (better known as GIY) is a non-profit social enterprise based in Ireland whose mission: "...is to educate and enable a global movement of food growers whose collective actions will help to rebuild a sustainable food system."

GIY facilitates and supports various local growing groups, called GIY Groups, as a part of their community action.

Events

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Ireland
International
  • Event February 21 - March 1, 2026 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
  • Event Mar 01, 2026 (Sun)World Seagrass Day, Mar 1, annually. Raising awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
  • Event May 3 - 9, 2026 (Sun - Sat) — International Compost Awareness Week, compostfoundation.org
  • Event May 20, 2026 (Wed) — World Bee Day, May 20 each year, fao.org
  • Event Oct 01, 2026 (Thu) — World Vegetarian Day, Oct 1 each year, bringing awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle, worldvegetarianday.navs-online.org
  • Event Oct 16, 2026 (Fri) — World Food Day, celebrated every year around the world on 16 October, often with a focus on food security, fao.org

Video

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Waterford Bioregion Food Manifesto
Authors: Commonland, Jul 5, 2023
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What is FoodCloud?
Authors: Foodcloud, Oct 17, 2019
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Street Feast -Take part with your neighbours
Authors: Neighbourhood Network, Apr 18, 2017
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Global Green Community Garden at Electric Picnic
Authors: Greenside Up, Sep 9, 2015
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Foodcloud
Authors: Foodcloud, Aug 13, 2013
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GIY Together we Grow
Authors: GIY, Apr 9, 2013

Community gardens

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  • Greenside Up, "Social, Community, Therapeutic Horticultural & Environmental Education", created by Dee Sewell, a community based entrepreneur based on the Carlow/Kilkenny border in 2009 to help promote the grow your own ethos and raise environmental awareness. link checked 12:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Sustainable food production

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The World is Hungry for Food Sustainability
Authors: Saoirse Ronan

Origin Green is a Bord Bia (The Irish Food Board) initiative to drive sustainable food production in Ireland.

Origin Green will allow Ireland to become a world leader in sustainable high quality food and drink production. The Origin Green program is built upon the Origin Green Sustainability Charter which will commit participants to engage directly with the challenges of sustainability. This will include reducing energy inputs, minimizing overall carbon footprint and lessening impact on the environment in order to increase efficiency and competitiveness.

Official site: http://www.origingreen.ie

Food waste

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Keywords Food activism
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Language English (en)
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Created July 8, 2023 by Phil Green
Last edit December 29, 2025 by Phil Green
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