Free cooking classes for at need families in the south Dublin community are set to be launched by the Airfield Estate in Dundrum.
Practical, economical and life-skills are to be provided by the charity to help maintain an informed and healthy home cooking environment.
And as part of those plans, they are to grow their current Farmers’ Market facilitating more producers to sell direct to the customer, ensuring a fair return to the farmer and an even greater choice to consumers.
The Airfield Estate also confirmed that 2021 will see it implement more free school visits where students and teachers can visit Airfield and follow their curriculum linked education programmes.
For schools unable to visit, they will be able to welcome a farmer into their classroom through the exciting Farmer Time initiative with LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) where Airfield will connect an Irish food producer with a school so that students can speak directly with the farmer, learn about food production and see how the food and farming process evolves through the seasons.
The charity made the announcement as it revealed plans for its future, which include the introduction of sustainable food business company Gather & Gather to run the restaurant, cafes and events on the estate.
The company currently employs over 300 people in Ireland and holds three stars by the Sustainable Restaurant Association of Ireland.
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