Athy farmer to feature in six-part RTE series on Ireland's food sustainability and climate emergency

In this first episode of Food Matters Michael travels to West Cork to visit Dr. Steve Collins, a pioneer of regenerative agriculture, who is farming on the side of a mountain, and managing to grow a superfood in bad soil.

Michael then to Kildare to meet 4th generation Athy farmer Colm Flynn who started to think differently when it comes to his soil, and rehabilitated his soil using biological solutions. In Kilbeggan Co Westmeath, Michael learns how nutrient enhancing soil on an organic oat farm is proving very successful in the production of Kilbeggan Oats for farmers Pat and John Lalor.

Michael completes this first episode with a visit to Cork where Brian McCarthy of Cork Rooftop Farm is working on a potential future solution to urban growing, in a surprisingly different garden on a rooftop.

Food Matters is produced by David Hare of InProductionTV and Scéal Creative for RTE, and supported by the EPA Stop Food Waste and ReThink Ireland campaign.