The tradition of planting potatoes on Good Friday seems to have started in Ireland. It was believed that potatoes, not mentioned in the Bible and hence considered unholy, could be sanctified by ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

Producing the raw materials of our food is not a quick and easy thing; so maybe cooking them shouldn’t be either.

The introduction of potatoes to France in the late 16th century sparked significant resistance before becoming a staple of ...

Tissue culture involves propagating potato plants from tissue samples in a sterile laboratory environment, ensuring farmers ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Spring is definitely here! The forsythia is out in full bloom, along with some ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Spring is definitely here! The forsythia is out in full bloom, along with some ...

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched ...

Potatoes are the bookend crops of the garden.  Planted in spring, their harvest is the hallmark of late summer into autumn.

The perseverance of the Irish people in maintaining their language, history and values created a world of oral tradition ...

Searches have also been re-focused around the farmer's land - amid fears that he died there. As the search continued on Tuesday, local TD Michael Healy-Rae told the Irish Mirror he has known Mr ...

Jason Fleming, chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association in Kerry, said Mr Gaine was a “sheep and beef farmer, and a great one at that”, adding many members of the association were concerned ...