Two weeks ago was World Food Day but I never got a chance to write a post. ?I interviewed Shane McAuliffe of Truly Irish ?some time ago but never got around to writing the post as I needed to give it sufficient time to do it justice and now that the book is in the editor’s hands, I’ve time to get back to blogging. ?Pig farming doesn’t get a great press here in Ireland – we hear of [...]
Watching Midweek tonight with its emphasis on how households should cut their costs by spending less on food made me cross! ?Conor Pope stated that there is no difference between various brands of milk apart from the inflated price of Avonmore milk, inferring that people should buy the cheaper milk. There was no mention of cutting out fizzy drinks or expensive snacks and crisps or ready meals (I saw an article in the Farmers Journal recently about ready meals – [...]
I’ve just realised it’s about time I provided an update on the book – just in case people were wondering 🙂 ?All is going to schedule. I’m still editing and am glad I have a deadline soon or I could edit for ever and ever. ?The front cover is almost ready and the illustrator is also working on fun black and white illustrations for the interior too. I’m calling to chat to the printers in more detail on Friday and [...]
It’s been a busy week but I wanted to tell you about this new farming book as it will be on sale at the Ploughing Championships. I was late to their book launch as I was doing a talk on crowdfunding and when I got to Ann and Robin Talbot’s farm, there were loads of people milling around with their copies of ‘A Year on the Farm’.
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The next two weeks are going to be busy. I’m working away on the book and ended up putting in quite a few hours into the blog awards last week. The short lists were announced late on Friday night and we’ll be sending out forms to judges this week, all set to judge the short listed blogs.
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