Open Farm
Open Farm is Agri Aware’s flagship event in enhancing agricultural literacy and was a huge success in 2024 with over 3,000 attending the 2-day event. This year’s Open Farm event was held on the dairy farm of Stephen Byrne and family outside Monasterevin in Co. Kildare.
What Open Farm is all about
The Byrne family are an excellent example of what Irish farmers are doing on a daily basis to produce quality Irish food while caring for the environment on their farm that spans five generations.
20% of the farm is dedicated space for nature all the while milking a herd of 115 dairy cows that produce top-quality milk.
The Byrne family opened their farm up to 450 primary school students on Friday, June 14th and a further 2,550 people on Saturday, June 15th to showcase to all the work Irish farmers do to produce in this case a top-quality product in the form of milk while implementing environmental measures to increase biodiversity and water quality on the farm.
This free event saw attendees see cows out grazing grass and being milked, walk scenic nature trails, take in an eye watering machinery display, cooking demonstrations, taste delicious local Irish food, listen and engage in panel talks and a kids zone for the little ones to enjoy.
Special thanks to our sponsors of this event, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the National Dairy Council, the Irish Farmers’ Association and Tirlan and many of our patrons who gave talks and demonstrations across the two-day event.
