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Spring is in the air, and it's time to start thinking about preparing the garden for the growing season ahead. You can give your plants the best start by providing them with some home-made compost.

Rising fuel prices are crippling the Irish Seafood sector, including fishermen, aquaculture producers and fish processors. That’s according to Galway-based Enda Conneely of the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (IIMRO), who says the crisis is a threat to food security.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Homemade compost is a magical resource for your garden and will have your plants thriving, whilst also helping to keep your waste costs down. According to StopFoodWaste.ie, “composting is the natural process of decomposition that turns organic materials like garden waste and vegetable food scraps into a dark, crumbly and earthy smelling material”.

Be it meat-free Mondays or the desire to start 2022 off with a diet overhaul, easily adapt and embrace Vegan offerings this year with thanks to Holly White & Frontier Foods.

A new research project, ShellAqua, aims to quantify the benefits to human wellbeing provided by the natural environment from healthy ecosystems, potentially provided by shellfish aquaculture.

Local farmers considering an application to the Organic Farming Scheme have until April 30 to do so, following the reopening of the scheme earlier this month, with an additional budget of €4 million for 2021.

As the month of January draws to a close so does the vastly popular annual challenge of Veganuary, where people from all around the world challenge themselves to try a plant based diet for the month of January. In honour of Veganuary the team at Joyces Supermarkets have put together a list of some of their favourite vegan products and brands available in store.

This year Enniscoe Organic Garden near Crossmolina, one of the oldest in the country, will be celebrating 25 years as a certified organic garden. Certification is carried out annually by the Organic Trust in Ireland.

There have been many changes to culinary tastes in Galway and Ireland over the last 30 years. With a vast array of restaurants which give locals and tourists alike a taste of the world, the city's food family is as impressive as it is appetising.