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Brookfield Farm Brochure
We have many different strings to our bow here in Brookfield Farm and our brochure will give you a brief summary of what we are all about and what we strive for on the farm day to day. Click here to view our full Brookfield Farm brochure
Organic Without Boundaries - Meet Ailbhe Gerrard – an organic farmer from Ireland
The Gloss Magazine - Girls Gone Mud!
It’s the reverse fairytale - an increasing number of the fashion set are upping sticks to the countryside in search of the good life. PENNY McCORMICK ponders whether to join them.
Ailbhe Gerrard also enthuses about her change of direction from construction project management to farming as “a bit of a blast. There is quite a lot of mud but lots of fresh air.”
The Gloss Magazine - Buzzed Up
Irish Farmers Journal - This will keep me on the right track - Tipp farmer scoops sustainability award
Organic International - featuring Brookfield Farm
Meet Ailbhe Gerrard – an organic farmer from Ireland April 24, 2019 https://www.organicwithoutboundaries.bio/2019/04/24/organic-farmer/ Ailbhe Gerrard Organic Farmer & Co-Tutor Regenerative Agriculture Course Ailbhe Gerrard is a passionate organic farmer with a heart for bees and also co-tutor on IFOAM – Organics
Ireland of the Welcomes - This Farming Life
Nestled on the serene shores of Lough Derg in county Tipperary, Brookfield Farm is an exciting and innovative mix of sanctuary, farm and enterprise.
An early interest in animals gave way to a career in construction until Ailbhe Gerrard finally settled on life in farming, creating a beautiful place to live and work.
Independent.ie - 'Farmers must be compensated for environment work'
Farmers are not properly compensated for the environmental and wildlife preservation work they do as part of their everyday farming enterprises, and this has to be addressed both by Irish politicians and in Brussels.
That's the view of Ailbhe Gerrard, who runs an organic farm on the shores of Lough Derg in Co Tipperary.
Easy Food article - Eat Ireland featuring Brookfield Farm raw honey
In her monthly Eat Ireland column, Recipe Editor Jocelyn Doyle checks out Brookfield Farm, producer of raw Irish honey, and ponders bee-focused New Year’s resolutions.
The Irish Times - Irish candlemakers blazing a trail!
Some 20 years ago the idea that candles, and in particular the fragranced kind, would be a booming business was laughed at, quite loudly by some. Modernity poopoohed the idea that a light source that is as old as time itself would become a fashion item.
Agriland - Tipperary-woman-builds-a-career-in-sustainable-farming...
For Tipperary woman, Ailbhe Gerrard, sustainable farming is about managing different projects. These include: forestry thinning; silage making; dry stone walling; hive keeping; candle making; and teaching.
“I have different contractors for different tasks, or do them myself,” Gerrard said. She is used to overseeing teams of workers as she previously worked as a project manager on Dublin building sites.
Sunday Independent - A Tipperary farmer who is as busy as a bee on the shores of Lough Derg
Ailbhe Gerrard jumped from building to artisan farming. She has never looked back, writes Louise McBride
Nine years ago, Tipperary woman Ailbhe Gerrard was working on Dublin building sites as a project manager. Little did she know that she would soon be far from the concrete and cranes of Dublin and instead running her own farm in her native county - where she would become an expert on bees and organic farming. Gerrard founded Brookfield Farm, which is based on the shores of Lough Derg and specialises in artisan food, about six years ago.
Irish Farmers Journal - Farming on the shores of Lough Derg
Image Interiors & Living - A Taste of Honey
In Tipperary, a former project manager has returned to her hometown to start a hive sharing farm that connects people to food production. We visited to hear more ...