Agri Aware to visit 22 counties to educate TY students on farm safety
Agri Aware is delighted to announce the launch of its Farm Safety First workshop roadshow for Transition Year (TY) students kicking off today Monday, November 11th. TY students will receive in-person workshops delivered by Agri Aware education officers on farm safety over a two-week period where 46 workshops will take place in secondary schools across […]
Agri Aware launch Sowing Wellbeing in Every Field campaign
Agri Aware is delighted to announce the launch of its Sowing Wellbeing in Every Field campaign with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This campaign aims to raise awareness on physical health, mental health and farm safety among the farming community. Over the course of the three-week campaign, kicking off […]
Agri Aware welcome over 3,000 people to its Open Farm Event on Kildare dairy farm
Agri Aware welcomed over 3,000 people to its Open Farm event on the Byrne family farm in Co. Kildare across two days. This year’s Open Farm event saw the addition of a schools day on Friday, June 14th, which saw 450 primary school students get a tour of the farm, while on the Saturday, June […]
Local TDs get an opportunity to see farm safety workshops in action in Co. Tipperary national school
Agri Aware visited Moycarkey National School (NS) on Friday, April 26th for one of its 50 nationwide workshops as part of its Farm Safety programme Safe Farm Futures. Agri Aware’s Farm Safety Officer, Ashley Traynor was joined by local agri contractor Robert O’Shea and the Irish Farmers’ Association’s Animal Health Committee chair TJ Maher in […]
Minister of State Martin Heydon TD launches Agri Aware’s new primary school programme ‘Safe Farm Futures’
Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, launched Agri Aware’s new farm safety programme called ‘Safe Farm Futures’ on Tuesday, January 23rd. The Safe Farm Futures programme will be available to primary schools across the country and aims to educate and raise awareness […]