
Farmers Donie and Colette Reegan with Doug McMillan Project Manager Farm Carbon EIP at one of the new ponds on the wetland farm in Shinrone, Co Offaly.
Photograph: John D Kelly
In this article in The Irish Times on 22 July 2023, Sylvia Thompson examines an initiative involving 23 farmers aims to show how a balance between agriculture and the environment can be struck. She visits the farm of Donie and Colette Reegan with Doug McMillan, the project manager of Farm Carbon European Innovation Partnership. This initiative aims to develop and showcase new methods of farming peatlands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), enhancing biodiversity and improving water quality.