Schools Day sets the tone for the nationwide launch of Agri Aware and LOETB Intro to Ag programme for Transition Year students
Agri Aware in partnership with the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) officially launched its Intro to Ag programme for Transition Year students nationwide on Friday, May 16th. The official launch of the programme took place at LOETB’s Midlands Skills Centre in Tullamore alongside LOETB schools that took part in the pilot programme […]
Two Counties, One Weekend: Agri Aware’s Open Farm Comes to Kildare and Galway for 2025
Agri Aware is delighted to announce the return of its flagship Open Farm event this June with an exciting new addition for 2025. The event will take place in two counties, in Kildare and a brand-new Open Farm experience in Galway. Open Farm is the flagship event in Agri Aware’s mission of enhancing agricultural literacy, […]
Future proofing the agricultural sector with the ‘Intro to Ag’ programme going nationwide to capture next generation of students
Agri Aware in partnership with the Laois Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) are delighted to announce the launch of its Transition Year programme Intro to Ag that will now be eligible for all schools nationwide to register Transition Year students. The nationwide rollout of the programme will be made official this Friday, May 16 […]
Agri Aware’s Healthy Eating Week Kicks Off with School Roadshow and Interactive Workshops
Agri Aware is gearing up for an exciting and educational week as its flagship primary school programme, Incredible Edibles, marks the return of Healthy Eating Week from Tuesday, May 6th to Friday, May 9th 2025. The week-long initiative will bring a focus on healthy eating and growing to schools through a series of in-person visits. […]
Agri Aware and Dairygold hold inaugural Host Farm Initiative farm visit
Agri Aware and Dairygold Co-Operative Society hosted its inaugural Farm Initiative farm visit last Thursday, April 10th. The Host Farm Initiative is a venture between Agri Aware and dairy co-ops to get primary school students onto farms to educate them on Irish dairy production. The farm visit last Thursday was the first of its kind […]
Over 33,000 Students Tune in to Agri Aware’s ‘Come Farm With Me’ Webinar Series
Agri Aware’s ‘Come Farm With Me’ webinar series welcomed over 33,000 primary school students to meet farmers virtually and explore life on the farm this academic year. Launched in September 2024, the series is designed to connect primary school pupils with farmers from a variety of agricultural enterprises. The series kicked off in November with […]
Scoil Mhuire Trim crowned winners of Agri Aware’s and BiOrbic’s Environmental Innovators programme
Agri Aware and BiOrbic crowned students from Scoil Mhuire Trim in Co. Meath as the National Champions of the transition year programme Environmental Innovators, yesterday, April 7th, at the Bord Bia Global Hub in Co. Dublin. Students Ciara Duffy, Hannah Mulligan, Majella Martin came out on top with their project on the reuse of baling […]
Minister Michael Healy-Rae presents prizes to the winners of ‘Farm Safety First’, the Agri Aware Farm Safety Programme
Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Michael Healy-Rae T.D. presented prizes to the national winners of the Agri Aware ‘Farm Safety First’ programme on Friday, February 28th at the Agri Aware Farm Walk & Talk event in Salesian Agricultural College, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick. […]
Agri Aware’s ‘Come Farm With Me’ webinar series returns for Part 2
Part two of Agri Aware’s webinar series Come Farm With Me is set to see farmers join primary schools virtually in the coming weeks, starting next Tuesday February 25th. Launched at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois in September 2024, the series welcomed over 24,000 students virtually across broccoli, beef and pig farms […]
Over 68,000 primary school students set to begin their Incredible Edibles journey on Monday
Over 68,000 primary school students are set to begin their Incredible Edibles journey next Monday, February 24th. Incredible Edibles is Agri Aware’s flagship primary school programme, now in its 18th year being delivered in primary schools across the country. Incredible Edibles is an experience-based healthy eating project for primary schools. The programme shows children how […]