National Organic Week 2010
As Ireland's leading location for organic produce, Dublin Food Co-op naturally plays an active part in celebrating National Organic Week. For 2010 this will run from September 13th to September 19th. Watch this space for information on our event plans...
National Organic Week 2009 at Dublin Food Co-op
For 2009, our celebrations included two special events on Saturday 19th September...
Cooking with Seasonal Organic Vegetables and Herbs
Resident French chef Marc Moissard demonstrated how to cook with local organic seasonal vegetables and herbs. Marc is a teacher of Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts and offered tasty and nutritious foods cooked from a selection of seasonal recipes. Members and visitors were invited to come and sample pancakes, potato cakes, blinis, scones, vegetable soups and home-made ginger beer .
Members and visitors were invited to sample pancakes, potato cakes, blinis, scones, vegetable soups and home-made Ginger beer.
Tasting Organic Wine and Local Organic Cheese
Urs Tobler presented tastings of Vendemia organic wines in combination with Emmental style cheese from Mary and Gerry Kelly's Moon Shine Organic Dairy Farm.
Just days earlier, Moon Shine Dairy's non-homogenised farmhouse milk had received top honours in the National Organic Awards.
About National Organic Week
Held annually in Ireland since 2005, National Organic Week is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and co-ordinated by Bord Bía. Its goal is to raise consumer awareness of organic food, how to recognise it when shopping and where to buy it.