Senior Farm Worker Wanted…. Green Earth Organics currently has a vacancy for a senior farm worker. The job is a full time permanent position. The job hours can vary depending on the season, in the winter months the hours will be less while during the summer months you will be expected to work extra hours and some Saturdays. The nature of the work is varied, and will involve, managing other employees, dealing with customers, sowing planting and harvesting vegetables. the use of tractors and machinery. The job can sometimes be physical and you will be expected at times to work…

Ireland: Report welcomed by organic growers Organic growers here have welcomed a study which they say shows that food grown without artificial fertilisers is nutritionally better. The study by the University of Newcastle School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development indicates that fruit and vegetables grown without artificial fertilisers have significantly more key nutrients, including vitamin C. The Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association, IOFGA, said the research challenges the Food Standards Agency in the UK which has in the past dismissed the nutritional benefits of organic food. Grace Maher, Development Officer with IOFGA, said nutrition is one of the…