regenerative agriculture.
local community.
real food.
at moy hill farm our objective is to feed our local community with healthy nutritious food while regenerating the land and ecosystems. We build soil through regenerating ecosystems and we provide education and training on regenerative farming techniques on our 65 acre mixed regenerative farm in county clare on the west coast of Ireland.
community
community is at the heart of what we do. from the food we provide at markets, restaurants, to CSA veg boxes and our online farm shop. All of our produce is consumed within the local community and we value our important role in providing food to people in as many ways as possible.
We run farm tours throughout the year to show the community first-hand where their food comes from and how much care is taken to produce it responsibly. We also run a 6 month internship for people out there who are serious about taking on regenerative farming as a career path.
what is food sovereignty?
food sovereignty means that the land, farmers and citizens are at the centre of the agricultural story not agri business. Food sovereignty means we the people work together for our food and land use, and we make sure it's cared for in the best way possible into the future. we believe Every community has the right to act out its own food sovereignty.
regenerative agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture describes farming and grazing practices that among other benefits, builds soil and creates biodiversity. As a result, it improves the four ecosystem processes and stores carbon.
why Regenerative Agriculture?
The loss of the world’s fertile soil and biodiversity pose a mortal threat to our future survival. According to soil scientists, at current rates of soil destruction ( i.e. decarbonisation, erosion, desertification, chemical pollution), within 50 years we will not only suffer serious damage to public health due to a qualitatively degraded food supply characterized by diminished nutrition and loss of important trace minerals, but we will literally no longer have enough arable topsoil to feed ourselves without protecting and regenerating the soil on our 4 billion acres of cultivated farmland, 8 billion acres of pastureland , and 10 billion acres of forest land, it will be impossible to feed the world, or halt the loss of biodiversity.
How do we implement Regenerative Agriculture at moy hill farm?
We learned about Holistic Management six years ago and have done the training through The Savory Institute facilitated by 3lm. our staff are trained in Holistic Management. Holistic Management provides a framework for decision-making, rooted in the fundamentals of ecosystem processes and with a suite of planning procedures that include planned grazing, land planning, financial planning, and ecological monitoring.
Altogether, Holistic Management equips us to understand the “whole” we are managing (not controlling) and make decisions that bring forth abundant outcomes, regenerating life for all involved. The Savory Institute has created EOV ( Ecological Outcome Verification) as the first internationally recognised monitoring system for Regenerative Agriculture. We did our first EOV here on moy hill farm in 2020. We are very passionate about this system as it proves our land and ecosystem processes are getting better annually.
moy hill farm is organically certified. we use a system of farming that sustains soil fertility, protects the environment and non-renewable resources.
Organic farming is a sustainable production system. certified Organic farming requires the consideration and application of production methods that do not damage the environment; a more respectful use of the countryside; concern for animal welfare and the production of high-quality agricultural products.