Friday: Open for School Visits Only Saturday: 11am-4pm We’re the Howard family, running Littlebridge Farm Fresh just outside Coagh. Our 90-cow Jersey dairy farm is milked using a Lely robot, and we also operate a farm shop offering our own produce alongside other locally sourced goods- including fresh Jersey milk from our milk vending machine.…
Wednesday 3 June 2020 Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend to Take Place Virtually This year’s Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend, which was originally postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions will now become Bank of Ireland Virtual Farm Weekend and be held virtually from Friday 31 July – Sunday 2 August. Although visitors cannot physically…
UFU announce 2019 schools competition winners The Ulster Farmers’ Union, in partnership with Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend and Asda, are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 “Dig in! To life on the farm and in the countryside” schools competition. The competition, kindly sponsored by Asda, was open to all nursery, primary,…
Friday: Open for School Visits Only Saturday: Time 10.30am-4pm Sunday: Not Open The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE’s) is delighted to welcome visitors to Enniskillen Campus during Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend. CAFRE is Northern Ireland’s specialist agri-food and land-based college and providing equine focused education at Enniskillen Campus. During open…
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) is continuing its support for the local agri-food industry by part sponsoring this year’s Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend (BOIOFW) running on June 15 and 16. Currently in its eighth year, LMC has hosted cookery demonstrations during BOIOFW for a number of years but this…
Title sponsor Bank of Ireland is continuing its support for Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend, now in its 8th year. This Ulster Farmers’ Union led initiative has been principally supported by the Bank since 2014. BOIOFW seeks to reconnect the public with where their local food comes from and offers an opportunity to meet…
Farmers who participated in the seventh Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend were officially thanked for their efforts this summer at an event held on Tuesday evening (11th) at CAFRE Greenmount. Fourteen farms opened their gates and fields on Saturday 16th June whilst on Sunday 17th June, nine farms participated across Northern Ireland. Thirteen farms…
Fourteen local farmers across Northern Ireland are making their final preparations ahead of Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend 2018. Running on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June, the popular initiative gives consumers and their families the opportunity to visit farms across Northern Ireland, for free. Armagh Apple Farm is run by the Troughton family…
