Projects
Locally grown food at a fair price
Kinsale Food Club is working with two local farmers to grow oats and potatoes using a new system of food production known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
These days farmers are mainly getting supported in
the dairy and beef sector of farming. So it’s up to us the local community to
support the farmer and encourage them to grow vegetables so that they are fresh and easily sourced for us. This creates a stronger link to our food and creates community resilience.
This a great idea, instead of buying and paying for our oats and spuds every
week, we pay for it all in one go. Let’s put it this way €240 for a years
supply is only approximately €8 a week for local spuds, and that is just for a
full share. You could do a half share instead which is even cheaper / €4 per
week. So if it’s local and organic it’s going to be fresher, we also use less carbon
as we are not transporting from afar. We are also helping to strengthen the
local economy..............................................continued
