Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

In this six-part podcast series, we are looking into the past and present of Irish food and agriculture and asking: by better understanding the past, can we help develop a more sustainable future? Last week, UCD School of Archaeology professors Meriel McClatchie and Jessica Smyth spoke of pre-historic Irish farming and food practises, while Co Tipperary farmer Maurice Deasy discussed growing regenerative crops of heritage grain. For episode two, we move into medieval Ireland and beyond; covering pre- and post-British colonisation, the Great Famine and the era of industrialisation; speaking with Irish food historian Regina Sexton, folklorist and Irish Country Living columnist Shane Lehane and Mairin Byrne, who owns and operates Inch House Pudding – a food with its own living history. Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland’s rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This s