Offaly farmer wins at Farming for Nature Ambassador Awards

Offaly native farmer Ken Gill has been selected as the Beef & Tillage Ambassador at the Farming for Nature Ambassador Awards.

A total of 12 farmers have been chosen as ambassadors for the project, which seeks to acknowledge and support farmers who farm, or wish to farm, in a way that will improve the natural health of the countryside.

The network has now grown to having 102 Ambassadors from all over the country.

The group of chosen Ambassadors represent a broad range of farm types and systems that include not only dairy but beef, sheep, tillage, as well as mixed systems.

Of the 12 ambassadors, five are organic or in organic conversion and seven are conventional farms, with farm sizes varying from 10 to 240 hectares.

The awards were presented by RTÉ broadcaster Ella McSweeney at the National Farming for Nature Awards which took place at the Burren Winterage Festival over the October bank holiday weekend in Kinvara, Co. Galway.

A short video profiling each new ambassador is available to view here