A milestone moment for Mid Kerry Mart
Kerry’s Eye has heard it straight from the horse’s mouth - the Mid Kerry Co-Op Mart in Milltown will hold its first horse mart in over 40 years on Saturday, March 21st.
It’s been a long time coming, according to the mart manager Linda Daly.“When I took over as manager here at the Mid Kerry Co-Op Mart three years ago, a group of farmers approached me to ask about the possibility of having a horse mart,” she said.
“They told me that a lot of Milltown’s existing customers had horses and that they found themselves having to travel long distances to places like Gort and Drumshambo to buy and sell them.”
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The future is organic!
The future of farming is organic. That’s according to Thomas who has a 25-acre farm in Gleann na nGealt west of Tralee and who runs the Manna Organic Store in the Island of Geese in Tralee.
“We bought the farm and the business in the same three-month period back in 2007,” said Thomas, who spoke to Kerry’s Eye while planting blackcurrant bushes on the side of the mountain in Gleann na nGealt. “So, we’ve been at it for 19 years now.”
The O’Connors have achieved a lot in that time and learned many lessons in the process. “We have devoted four acres of the farm to growing salad and vegetables,” said Thomas. “Currently, we have salad leaves in our polytunnels and kale and chard that’s growing outside and we’re seeding the likes of tomatoes, cucumbers and courgettes. We also have another four acres planted with apple trees and fruit bushes and 13 acres of native woodlands.”
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