Damien is on the Banville farm in Wexford to find out more about how new Nitrate directives are affecting farmers and the importance of improving water quality.

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New Nitrates Directive

On World Food day Victor Murphy of Savour food.i.e. talks to Damien about his initiative to help prevent food waste in business. Find out more at www.savourfood.ie

Reducing Food Waste

Autumn is the traditional season for food festivals in Ireland.This week Suzanne Campbell visited Ballyhubbock Farm in West Wicklow part of the Wicklow Naturally food producers group.

Food Festival Season

Jack Nolan, Senior Inspector, Nitrates and Biodiversity Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine briefs Damien O'Reilly on some of the farm level issues relating to water quality.

Jack Nolan DAFM - water quality briefing - extended interview

On This week’s Countrywide, A new way of reducing food waste , We visit a Wicklow halloumi cheese maker, The connection between marine life and medical devices replacing natural gas with biomethane and improving farms water quality.

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Countrywide reporter Lorna Siggins visits an exhibition in Galway that highlights the strong links between marine properties and medical devices including how slime from sponges around the Irish coastline is being studied for its anti-cancer properties.

The Marine and Medical Devices Connection

Damien speaks with Donal Dennehy of Nutricia about a new project called Project Clover which sees a number of Irish dairy processors clubbing together with a plan to harvest biogas from farm waste including silage and slurry with the use of anaerobic digesters.

Renewable Energy On Farms

New director of Teagasc Frank O’Mara joins Damien for an in-studio chat.

Director OF Teagasc : Prof Frank O'Mara

Sweathouses are among the smallest and most mysterious of buildings scattered across the Irish countryside. Curiously, County Leitrim has the highest concentration of Sweathouses on the island. Countrywide’s Francis Kelly is in Leitrim to find out more about a project to protect Leitrims sweathouses.

Leitrim's Sweathouses

A bright start to the weekend with Damien O'Reilly and the CountryWide team, featuring events, people and happenings from across the country.

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