It's been great meeting with each of you at one of our events in the past, and we're thrilled to share with you the Moor Good Newsletter from Green Restoration Ireland (GRI)!

GRI is proud to collaborate with rural Irish farmers and rural communities to tackle agricultural and environmental challenges through community-based ecological restoration, driven by science and innovation. 

By diversifying farmer income through innovative farming practices and restoration of peatland, native woodland, hedgerow and other farm habitats, we are helping shape a greener and more sustainable future for Ireland.

Moor Good Newletters will highlight some of the work we've been doing, as well as ways you can support our work through donating, volunteering and sharing what you've learned from GRI with others in your community!

Jennifer Fulton

Ulster Wildlife Trust Chief Executive

The second webinar of our Paludiculture series: "Raising the Table: Water Table Management for Paludiculture" presented by Dr. Patrick Tuohy, Senior Research Officer from Teagasc and GRI's Dr. Doug McMillan is now available to watch on YouTube! Discover more out about strategies for water table management and paludiculture options which diversify farming and protect vital ecosystems at the same time.

Pippa Hacket, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, launched an event at one of the participating farms in our Farm Carbon EIP and witnessed firsthand how we're diversifying farming through pioneering Paludiculture (wetland agriculture) trials and other measures which enhance agricultural productivity, carbon sequestration, water quality and biodiversity.

 

We loved the energy she brought to this visit, and how she truly cared and engaged with the farmers. We look forward to having her visit again!

New Blog Alert! Excited to share our latest blog by guest writer Dr. Alex Copland who surveyed the diverse habitats of GRI's 20+ farms which act as a haven of biodiversity for the thousands of feathered residents that he recorded!

 

Check out this excerpt:

 

Change starts with education, and these bright smiley adventurers from Rashina National School were learning all about the importance of Ireland's peatlands! Dr. Doug McMillan led the students on a bioblitz to see how many species of plants they could find as a way to understand the biodiversity of peatlands while also explaining GRI's work developing new types of wetland agriculture (paludiculture).

Discover More Of Green Restoration Ireland's Work!