Dr. Doug McMillan

Aldert van Weeren

Dr. Bastiaan Molleman 

PFP | On-Farm Training :No Farmer, No Food - No Fibre, No Future

Green Restoration Ireland Cooperative (GRI) was established in 2019. GRI has been developing innovative approaches to pay farmers for restoring damaged peatlands and other farm habitats. This includes Ireland’s first on-farm paludiculture (wetland agriculture) trials and a wide range of other carbon farming measures and nature-based solutions.

Green Restoration Ireland

Join us for a hands-on training day at the Pilot Farm in Offaly as part of the Peatlands for Prosperity project.

Egan Farm - "Landscape Farm"

Aldert van Weeren is the first cattail farmer in Northwestern Europe. He sees it as his duty to advocate simple, secure methods for minimizing drained peatland emissions and soil subsidence while allowing farmers to have a reliable and solid income from the many beneficial ecosystem services which cattail fields are offering. How can farmers make a living from an income of wet peatlands? That is a real-life question, with real life impact. The answer is wetland agriculture which offers not just emissions reductions but also better water quality, better biodiversity and a continuous stream of yearly recurring biomass. This biomass can be used for multiple high-value uses, such as building and insulation materials, single use tableware and craft paper. Can we survive the transition from dry to wet peat? Let us dive into the possibilities and, most importantly, look at the numbers and check out some of the manufactured materials and future products. About Wetland Products Foundation:The core of the foundation is to facilitate the implementation of paludiculture in the broadest sense, which includes working on better harvesting techniques and Research &amp; Development in biobased (building and insulation) products, and other uses of paludiculture biomass.

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