What we've delivered so far, and the wider work our board members bring back into the cluster.
Beyond WFFC, our board members are active participants in wider farming, environmental, and creative initiatives across the region — bringing that experience and those relationships back into the cluster.
Oliver and Diane Keown run Benmore Farm on the drumlins of County Fermanagh, raising native-bred Aberdeen Angus cattle using regenerative practices — rotational grazing, long rest periods, and careful protection of water margins and hedgerows.
A soil health and regenerative grazing workshop with consultant Niels Corfield, run jointly by Queen's University Belfast and Ulster Wildlife with EIT Food GROW support.
Watch: The Weatherproof Farm — Grazing & Mixed Operations Workshop →
Aidan and Vee McGovern's farm sits within the Killykeeghan Nature Reserve, where upland heath, peatland, and limestone meet near the Marble Arch Caves. Their farm walk featured artists from the Leitrim Hawthorn Project.
Watch: Farm Walk 5 — Aidan McGovern and The Leitrim Hawthorn Project →
Trevor farms with his family in Boho, running a suckler herd partly within the Aghnaglack ASSI. His farm walk focused on hedgerow management with specialist Neil Foulkes and artist Maria McKinney.
Watch: Farm Walk 6 — Trevor Irwin with Maria McKinney and Philip McCrilly →
Both farm walks were part of a six-farm programme co-created by Leitrim County Council Arts Office, The Dock Arts Centre, Leitrim Sustainable Agriculture Group (LSAG), and Ulster Wildlife — the same partnership behind WFFC's ongoing relationship with LSAG.
Genene Hunter is featured as a case study farmer with Just Farmers, a media platform connecting independent farmers with journalists. Raised on a dairy farm, Genene now helps run her husband's beef farm in County Fermanagh. View the Just Farmers directory →