Thank you to all who support our farm. Your support helps us do our little bit to help young people in our community. We are the proud kit sponsors of Galway’s newest basketball club. Based out of Newcastle Athenry, East Galway Celtics has participants from all over East Galway. The u 16 boys were the…
Good News! We have decided to open next Friday. The schools will be off to facilitate the vote for our next President. So why not vote and come and pick your pumpkin. Our Pumpkins are a lot like one of the candidates in the election. They start off life as a small seed. Then slowly…
Halloween excitement is starting to build on the farm as we get ready for the first weekend of pumpkin picking. The long term weather forecast is for crisp clear autumn weather. Ideal for a trip to our pumpkin patch. Opening from Saturday 20th of October, the first time slot is 11.30 am. Its an Irish…
This weekend we left the farm and the Fields of Athenry and we headed two and a half hours west to Inishbofin, above all to experience the delicious food of the island. What a weekend we had! The drive from Galway city to Cleggan gave us time to switch off. As you head out past…
Picking your pumpkin in the Fields of Athenry is thirsty work. Therefore as Halloween creeps in we are delighted that our friends at The Town Cafe in Athenry will bring their Trailer of Hot & Happy treats to our farm for the Halloween build up. Visitors can warm themselves with coffee, tea and hand crafted treats. …
A massive congrats to Brownes Restaurant & Gather Restaurant in Tuam. Both recently winning prestigious awards. Brownes have been awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand and Gather were awarded Best Casual Dining Restaurant in Connaught at The Irish Restaurant Association awards. We drop Friendly Farmer Chickens to them ever Thursday, both have supported our farm since the first day they opened.…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Z-seCbokzO4″ title=”Pick Your Own Pumpkin”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello From The Friendly Farm, We are having great fun with our new website, Rome wasn’t built in a day, so taking a decade to launch a website is not bad going! Its pumpkin picking time! We grew our first ever crop and are we excited or what! Visit us…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1349″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]We got a lovely phone call from Cait of Deasy’s of Clonakilty yesterday. We are delighted that some of these boys and girls will be ‘winging’ their way to them next week.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1352″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] One of our www.larder360.comcustomers Cathal McBride has worked his magic to come up with this beautiful recipe. Check out Glass of Red Wine for details. Having had buttermilk southern fried chicken before I can testify it’s easy to make and savage tasty. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
So what happens now? How will an official from the Food Stands Agency of the UK be looked upon Monday morning when they enter a food business? All food legislation stems from the EU. I repeat ALL food legislation stems from the EU. How do you unwind that clock? I can understand the sense of freedom that those with…