Schools Can Now Register for Free Food Growing Kits
SuperValu, and not-for-profit social enterprise, GIY have teamed up for the second year to bring the ‘SuperValu Let’s GROW’ programme to another 50,000 primary school children throughout Ireland this spring. This means that 100,000 primary school children will have been educated in growing food through the ‘SuperValu Let’s GROW’ initiative, having been supplied with the resources to […]
GIY launch the ‘GROW At School’ Food Education programme in Tipperary
This week 132 schools across the country head outside to plant the first crops from their garden kit as part of the GROW at School programme, an initiative bringing food education and outdoor learning Earlier this year GIY launched a €3.2m fund to support GROW At School, with an ambition to see every primary school […]
GIY and Energia are searching for Munster’s ‘Get Ireland Growing Community Hero’
GIY and Energia are on the search for Munster’s ‘Get Ireland Growing Community Hero’ as they invite communities across Ireland to take part in Energia Get Ireland Growing Day on Saturday, July 2nd 2022. Get Ireland Growing Day is part of the Energia Get Ireland Growing initiative, in partnership with GIY. This year the […]
GIY launch ‘WASTED’ with some of Ireland’s Top Chefs on board
To reduce the 200,000 tonnes of food going to waste in the Irish foodservice sector each year GIY has joined forces with some of Ireland’s top chefs to launch ‘WASTED’ a national, peer-to-peer education programme for chefs to reduce food waste in the foodservice industry. The initiative is supported by the Department of […]
1,000 free GROWBoxes worth €45,000 to be won as part of the Energia and GIY Get Ireland Growing Initiative
Energia has partnered with not-for-profit social enterprise GIY, to launch the first-ever national Energia Get Ireland Growing Day on June 19th. To help encourage people across the nation to get involved, Energia is giving away 1,000 large GROWBoxes to people across Ireland worth €45,000. With the pandemic forcing us to stay at home, there has […]
Registration for free Grow-Kits from The Big Grow 2021 is now open for Primary School Teachers
Schools may be closed, but innocent and GIY are calling on teachers to sign up for free food growing classroom kits to welcome them back when the doors are open again. Today kicks off the tenth year of The Big Grow, a campaign started by innocent and GIY to get kids growing their own veg […]
Grow, Cook, Eat puts foraging the Irish Countryside to the fore this week
The second episode of series 2 of ‘GROW COOK EAT’ is set to air on Wednesday, March 25th and presenter duo founder of GIY Michael Kelly and the GIY Head of Community Development Karen O’Donohoe explore the Irish countryside with some expert food foragers, they share their skills in growing oriental greens and Michael digs […]
innocent and GIY ‘Big Grow’ Kits now available for primary schools
innocent’s ‘Big Grow’ is back, recruiting a whole new bunch of the littlest veggie growers with the mission to help kids to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. Now in its 9th year, innocent will once again partner with the growing experts at GIY and give primary school kids the chance to grow their own […]
Green Guru Michael Kelly shares tips on how we can all enjoy a Greener Christmas
Founder of GIY Michael Kelly along with Muireann Ní Chíobháin have a new book out. It is beautifully illustrated by Fatti Burke and aims to teach children how to grow and cook food as well as live more sustainably. They are sharing some of their top tips on how we can all have a more […]
Primary Schools have an opportunity to win a School Garden with GIY’s ‘Know It All’ Championship
GIY’s Michael Kelly and Dig in Diner’s Muireann Ní Chíobháin have joined forces with award-winning illustrator Fatti Burke to launch a riotous, fully-illustrated kid’s allmanac guide to growing and cooking food through the year. It is called ‘GIY’s Know-it-Allmanac’ and is a month-by-month guide to growing, cooking and eating food for all the family. To celebrate […]
