Waterford farm to play host to Agri Aware Open Farm Day

THE RETURN of the Agri Aware Open Farm event will be hosted by a local Waterford dairy farm. 

Shane Fitzgerald and his family in Portlaw, Waterford will host the first event of its kind since 2019 on Sunday, August 20.

Open Farm 2023 is a free event and will allow the public to visit and see what a working family dairy farm in Ireland looks like. 

(Pictured above: Minister of State, Martin Heydon, Dairy Farmer Shane Fitzgerald and Chairman of Agri Aware Shay Galvin)

“Open Farm aims to bridge the gap between consumer and producer and it is an opportunity to see what happens at the coalface of the sector.

“Farming is the heartbeat of our land and our people and as a sector we need to continue to communicate the vital links between agriculture, food, the environment and our economy to the consumer.”

Gates open to the public from 11am to 4pm. Agri Aware is an independent farming and agri-food educational body and is a charitable trust, whose mission is to improve the image and understanding of agriculture, farming and the food industry among the general public.