A new webinar series launched by the agri-food educational body, Agri Aware, titled ‘Come Farm With Me’, will see farmers join primary school children virtually nationwide in schools this academic year.
This new virtual series will see farmers across six different agricultural sectors, including from counties Limerick and Tipperary, showcase a day in their life on their farm and answer any questions students may have about their respective farming enterprise from the comforts of their classroom.
This year’s farmers include Agri Aware chairman Shay Galvin, who operates a beef and tillage farm in Co. Limerick; pig farmer Hannah Ryan from Co. Tipperary; broccoli producer Paul Brophy from Co. Meath; Aoife Coyle, a sheep farmer from Co. Roscommon; Gearoid Maher a dairy farmer from Co. Limerick and beef farmer Michael McGuigan from Co. Meath.
This six-part series will run from autumn 2024 to spring 2025, with six webinars consisting of a pre-recorded ‘day in the life’ of each farmer followed by a live interaction between the farmer, Agri Aware education officers and primary school students registered to the series.
‘Come Farm With Me’ was launched recently at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois.
