Weekend Breakfast With Alison Curtis

'Grow It Forward' Aims To Help 500,000 People In Ireland Grow Their Own Food This Summer

Yes, that is an older lad and a young fella sitting in plant pots. No, actual humans will not grow f...

Mark Linehan

12:00 PM - 31 Mar 2021

Weekend Breakfast With Alison Curtis

'Grow It Forward' Aims To Help 500,000 People In Ireland Grow Their Own Food This Summer

Mark Linehan

12:00 PM - 31 Mar 2021

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Yes, that is an older lad and a young fella sitting in plant pots.

No, actual humans will not grow from the seeds but what will grow will be amazing organic vegetables and your own pride in yourself for having planted them!

This week a campaign called Grow it Forward was launched.

Picture: Patrick Browne

'Grow It Yourself', 'Healthy Ireland' and 'Libraries Ireland' are arming the population with enough seeds and knowledge in order to get half a million people growing their own food this summer.

Mick Kelly is CEO of 'Grow It Yourself' - a social enterprise that aims to support people to grow, cook and eat some of their own food for a healthier, more sustainable world. He is a social entrepreneur, author, TV presenter and hacker grower!

Mick spoke to Weekend Breakfast on Today FM all about the campaign and to find out what 'food empathy' is all about:

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The 'Grow It Forward' campaign hopes to give out 50,000 free seed packs for 500,000 food growers.

Founded in 2008 in Waterford – GIY is a non-profit social enterprise.

This year GIY is supporting over 700,000 people to grow, cook and eat some of their own food at home, school, work and in the community, via content, events, campaigns and products.

They believe in a zero food waste ethos.

FIND OUT MORE

Go to GIY.IE

And here's more good news!! Weekend Breakfast has teamed up with GIY and the campaign to give you a chance to win some AMAZING prizes. It kicks off on Saturday 3rd April on the show! Make sure you're listening!