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Green Restoration Ireland

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Peatlands for Prosperity is co-funded by the EU Just Transition Programme & Irish Government. Farm Carbon & Farm Carbon Transitions EIP are co-funded by the EU & Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine. greenrestorationireland.coop

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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We were delighted to be invited to the Strategic Dialogue event in Dublin, hosted by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA). The dialogue also marked the launch of a new report, Regenerating Systemic Risk: A Case Study on Ireland. #EARA #DAFM #RegenAg
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Paludiculture Fair!! We are excited to be attending “Rooted in Peatlands: Connected through Community” PaludiFair in Listernan, County Mayo next Thursday. Come join this free event showcasing everything to do with paludiculture! #GreenRestorationIreland #DAFM
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting MEP Nina Carberry on a tour of the Egan’s ‘Landscale’ Paludiculture farm. Nina Carberry is a Member of the European Parliament representing the Midlands Northwest. Thank you to everyone involved! #DAFM #EUinmyregion #Paludiculture #Sustainableagriculture
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update!!! Event cancellation due to unforseen circumstances. Date to be rearranged in the future. #Leitrimclimateactionweek #Climateactionweek #DAFM
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farm surveys are essential to the Farm Carbon Transitions process. They give us a baseline for understanding where — and how — each individual farm can improve its carbon, biodiversity and water quality and compliance standing. #DAFM #FarmCarbonTransitions #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It was great to be invited to TUS Athlone as part of the DPER's EU Presidency-related engagement visit with the EU Working Party on Structural Measures and Outermost Regions (SMOR). Thank you @tus_athlone for having us! #DAFM #TUSAthlone # EUinmyregion #paludiculture #greenrestorationireland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For five days in the last week of August, over 20 volunteers came together for a week dedicated to hands-on learning, collaboration, and connection with Ireland's peatlands. A huge thank you to @REPEAT for this wonderful collaboration!! #REPEAT#DAFM#GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Using GRI's Regan’s ‘Showroom’ paludiculture farm in Co. Offaly as a backdrop, MOUKA Designs has unveiled a clothing line crafted from 100% Irish linen and Ponda Biopuff, a sustainable insulation fiber made from bulrush. Such an unique and innnovative project! #EUinmyregion
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Green Restoration Ireland's Dr Doug McMillan will be joining John and Amanda O'Connell's farm for an informative walk on carbon farming and nature-based solutions for a climate-resilient future in agriculture. Come along, ask questions, and see what's possible on the ground! #SustainableFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🌿 Peat in Practice: Camp Update Check out some highlights from the first 2 days of RE-PEAT's youth-led peatland restoration camp in the Irish Midlands - the energy has been incredible! #PeatInPractice #PeatlandRestoration #RegenerativeIreland #YouthClimateAction
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#PeatlandsForProsperity Re-imagine Future Peatlands school competition 🥈 Second Place: Seir Kieran's National School, Clareen — a vibrant, multifunctional vision blending paludiculture, biodiversity, and community use. #GreenRestorationIreland #EUinmyregion #JustTransition #Paludiculture
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Happy #InternationalBogDay! 🌿 Ireland's peatlands are environmental powerhouses — storing vast amounts of carbon, filtering water, and sustaining rare wildlife. Green Restoration Ireland works with farmers on peatland water table management to protect these ecosystems. #GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This August, RE-PEAT and GRI are teaming up for Peat in Practice, a hands-on restoration camp bringing together young people (ages 18–30) from across Ireland to learn, work, and connect on the front lines of peatland conservation. 📅 Spots are limited — register today docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There's a particular kind of luck in this job. It's not glamorous work. But then you look up and see all of this. We get to do climate-smart agriculture work and call it our office. Not a bad deal. Learn more about our work here: greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-... #Ireland #Bioeconomy
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
New Course Alert! Check out Rehydrate, Regenerate, Earn, and learn from Bernhard Aumann (TGO AG/Humusguru GmbH) — on the full carbon farming toolkit for mineral soils Free. Online. Available now. 👉 www.udemy.com/course/rehyd... #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity #Ireland #IrishFarmers #Udemy
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New Course Alert! Check out Rehydrate, Regenerate, Earn, and learn from Alexandre Cottin on the biological foundations of soil carbon. Free. Online. Available now. 👉 www.udemy.com/course/rehyd... #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity #Ireland #IrishFarmers #Udemy
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Smart Carbon Farming's upcoming training covers regenerative practices, carbon finance & resilience skills for new & transitioning farmers.Healthy soils. Future-ready skills. Climate-smart farming. 📢 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1po_...
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
🌍🌱 Turn carbon sequestration into a business model with this 10-hour certified training on regenerative practices, soil assessment & carbon credits. Only 50 spots available — register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1po_... #SmartCarbonFarming #CarbonCredits #AgTech @interregnwe.bsky.social
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In our free Udemy course, Roots & Reeds you'll hear directly from Richard Starling, a working reed cutter with deep expertise in the UK reed and sedge market Free. Online. Available now. 👉 www.udemy.com/course/roots... #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity #Paludiculture #Udemy
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In our free Udemy course, Roots & Reeds you'll hear directly from Richard Starling, a working reed cutter with deep expertise in the UK reed and sedge market Free. Online. Available now. 👉 www.udemy.com/course/roots... #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity #Paludiculture #Udemy #RootsAndReeds
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ireland's peatlands lock in carbon, support biodiversity & create new income for farmers. On World Peatlands Day, we're proud to champion peatland restoration and educate communities of all ages about why it matters. 🌍 #WorldPeatlandsDay #PeatlandRestoration #CarbonFarming #GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚧 What are the barriers & bottlenecks to scaling up peatland restoration in Europe? Share your insights in our survey! 💡 This is your chance to influence how peatland restoration is supported and scaled across Europe. 👉 www.eurosite.org/take-our-sur...
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🐝 Happy World Bee Day! Ireland is home to one of Europe's most special pollinators — the Black Bee (Apis mellifera mellifera), our native honeybee, uniquely adapted to the Irish climate over thousands of years. #WorldBeeDay #Biodiversity #PeatlandRestoration #WildlifeOnFarms
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We're featured in @OpenAccessGovt! 📰 Our latest piece makes the policy case for paludiculture — and why farming on rehydrated peat soils is one of Ireland's best climate opportunities. Read it here 👇 🔗 www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-... #EUinmyregion #peatlands #IrishFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Healthy land starts from the ground up. 🌱 International Compost Awareness Week may be ending, but composting continues year-round. Learn more at compostfoundation.org/icaw-home to help you get started. #ICAW2026 #CompostCommunity #FeedTheSoil #GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Missed our recent on-farm training with Julia Casperd & Scott Kirby? This hands-on session, part of the #PeatlandsForProsperity project, explored practical wetter farming approaches, and real-world experiences from the field. Enroll now👉 www.udemy.com/course/acros... #EUinmyregion
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Tillage farmers — your soil knowledge is exactly what climate-smart agriculture needs. Join Farm Carbon Transitions EIP: improve biodiversity, and access new income streams. 👉 greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-... #CarbonFarmingIreland #TillageFarming #ClimateSmartFarming
Farm Carbon Transitions branded social media graphic for tillage farmers. Features a illustrated wheat sheaf illustration on a textured cream background with the words 'Tillage Farmers' in large teal script. Caption reads: Tillage farmers are at the front line of soil carbon sequestration in Ireland. Carbon farming opens the door to biodiversity credits, new income streams, and a more commercially viable farm — and we want you involved. Partner logos include the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, the European Union, EIP-AGRI, and Green Restoration Ireland.
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It was great to be in the field exploring restoration sites and laying the foundations for the next phase of peatland recovery, climate action, and biodiversity enhancement in the region for #LIFESuperEU. More updates to come! #GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We're inviting #SheepFarmers across #Ireland to join our farmer-led carbon farming programme. From grassland carbon sequestration to biodiversity improvements and new income opportunities, there's real potential here for your farm. Learn how: greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-...
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🌾 Free #Udemy course alert: Roots & Reeds is now live. Exclusive on-farm training with reed & sedge practitioner Richard Starling — on demand, at no cost. Part of the #PeatlandsForProsperity programme. Enroll now 👉 www.udemy.com/course/roots... #EUinmyregion #Ireland #FreeCourse #IrishFarmers
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Coastal farmers in Ireland — GRI's new EIP wants you! Where land meets sea, unique challenges need practical solutions. Find out how your farm fits Ireland's sustainable future 🌊🌿 greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-... #FarmCarbonTransitions #Ireland #NatureBasedSolutions #CoastalFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We've been fortunate to work alongside Ireland's farmers, communities, and landowners across the country and the passion we see every single day gives us so much hope. This #EarthDay, we're grateful for every one of you. 💚 Tag someone who inspires you to care for the land.
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Ireland's farmers who build credible baselines & measure carbon honestly will be best placed to earn from emerging carbon & nature markets. We're actively looking for farmers to join #FarmCarbonTransitions — learn more here👉 greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-... #IrishFarmers #Ireland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
10,000 years of history. Homemade brownies. A drone. And a group of very curious scouts. The Roscrea Scout Group joined us for a #PeatlandsforProsperity morning and it did not disappoint. Massive thanks to the Regan family for their incredible hospitality! #EUinmyregion #ScoutingIreland #Roscrea
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When we say we're grassroots, we mean it. 🌱 #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity #Midlands #Ireland #IrishFarmers #FarmerLed
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Farm Carbon Transitions EIP is now inviting dairy, beef, sheep, poultry and tillage farmers with peat and/or mineral soils to submit an inquiry to join this project. Irish farmers from all around, Midlands and Coastal farmers included can inquire here greenrestorationireland.coop/participant-...
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🌿 We're heading to Padova for the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit! Join our workshop on 18 March (11:30am–1pm, Donatello room) for How Smart Carbon Farming Can Build the Path for Agriculture in Wetlands! #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsforProsperity
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Why do baselines & MRV matter for farm transition? If carbon farming is the opportunity, Measurement, Reporting & Verification (MRV) is the foundation. Know your numbers. Build integrity. Get ready to lead. #FarmCarbon #DAFM #MRV #Ireland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In October we welcomed Longford County Council to one of our Peatlands for Prosperity sites for an on-the-ground look at peatland restoration in action. This image captures Dr. Doug McMillan explaining peat soil and its role in carbon storage. #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity #WetterFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Reed inspection day 🌾✔️ We welcomed Richard Starling, Vice Chair – Broads Reed & Sedge Cutters Association, Norfolk, to assess reed grown on rewetted peat as part of Peatlands for Prosperity. #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity #Paludiculture #WetterFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What Is Carbon Farming in Ireland? We explore this question in our new blog: greenrestorationireland.coop/what-is-carb... #FarmCarbonTransitions #GreenRestorationIreland #CarbonFarming #IrishFarmers #IrishPeatlandCode #DAFM #Midlands #Ireland #CarbonFarmingIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Great to host ag students from University of Galway to see paludiculture in action. Blueberries grown with wool mulch, an old peat bank & cutover woodland behind — past, present & future in one field. #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity #Paludiculture #WetterFarming #IrishAgriculture
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚜🌱 Introducing Farm Carbon Transitions EIP 🔗 Learn more here: greenrestorationireland.coop/farm-carbon-... This project is co-funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and CAP Network Ireland. #FarmCarbonTransitionsEIP #Ireland #IrishFarmers #Midlands #SustainableFarming
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
One of the key focuses of #PeatlandsForProsperity is creating new rural income opportunities through wetland farming (paludiculture). By working with higher water tables, farmers can grow innovative crops like blueberries, helping to restore peatlands and generate new income. #EUinmyregion
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Looking back to Professor Louis Schipper (University of Waikato) visiting the Egan farm to share lessons on paludiculture between Ireland & New Zealand 🌱💧 @walktouniversity @agriland.ie #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A plastic piling damn blocks this drain, playing a vital role in restoring peatlands by holding water on site and reversing decades of drainage. The screw caps in the middle give farmers the ability to better control water levels. #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We’re proud to see #PeatlandsForProsperity featured in a new article by Eurosite! 👉 Read the full article and see why paludiculture is being called Ireland’s “magic word”: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... #EUinmyregion #GreenRestorationIreland #Paludiculture #Euronews #WetlandWins
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We were delighted to spend a day with Longford County Council out at one of our #PeatlandsForProsperity sites last October! It was great to share peatland restoration, wetter farming, biodiversity recovery, and new rural income opportunities with them. #EUinmyregion #GreenRestorationIreland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It’s #WorldWetlandsDay — and we’re proud to be #CelebratingWetlands not just today, but every day. Take a moment to check out www.worldwetlandsday.org/materials and their educational materials on climate, culture, livelihoods and more. #WetlandsAndCulturalHeritage #WWD2026 #ireland
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Green Restoration Ireland @greenrestorationie.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It was great welcoming #MaynoothUniversity out on site as part of the Peatlands for Prosperity project — getting hands-on with peatland restoration and seeing firsthand how rewetted bogs can support biodiversity, climate action, and sustainable livelihoods. #EUinmyregion #PeatlandsForProsperity
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