Swainstown Farm, Co. Meath | 2025 RDS Sustainable Farming Award Winner

Описание: The winner of the RDS Sustainable Farming Award is Swainstown Farm, Co. Meath.

Swainstown farm has been in the Preston family for generations with the first Prestons moving to the parish in 1450. Arthur Preston took over from his father in 2017 and since then has been converting what was a conventional tillage and beef operation to a regenerative, chemical free and diverse farming system.

Over the last 7 years Arthur and Larissa have converted over 200 acres of heavy tillage land into a multispecies sword silvopasture system along with extensive native forestry segments. Swainstown Farm now produces and sells over 50 products ranging from vegetables, eggs, pork, lamb, flowers and firewood all of which are sold in the onsite farm stall 'The Piggery'.

Today, Swainstown Farm consists of over 4 acres of no-dig vegetable gardens, 75 acres of newly established native woodland, over 200 acres of old growth permanent pasture and newly planted multispecies and 60 acres of ancient native forest.

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The RDS Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Awards celebrate the work of individuals, farm families and organisations who are enhancing the economic, environmental and social development of Irish agriculture and rural communities.

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