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Fashion&Farming
Festival

10-11 May
Kinsale, Ireland

Uniting two worlds and exploring what we farm, wear and the earth we share. A weekend where fresh ideas take root.

Festival Programme – Talks and Speakers

Saturday 10th May

9.30am: Welcome with Tim Smit

9.45am: Getting Earthy
Speakers: The Land Gardeners - Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld, with Adam Clayton. Moderator: Dylan Jones

10.30am: Can Fashion Ever Really Be Sustainable?
Speakers: Alison Gault, Bay Garnett, Tom Grafton, Coco Baraer Panazza. Moderator: Mary Fellowes

11.15am: Tea/Coffee Break

11.45am: Farming for Nature
Speakers: Darina Allen, Blátnaid Gallagher, Tom Stack.
Moderator: Brigid Barry

12.30pm: Sewing the Seeds
Speakers: Lilian Gleave, Dylan Jones, Sean O’Sullivan, Carry Somers

1.30pm: Lunch

2.30pm: The Business of Fashion and Farming
Speakers: Simon Coveney, Brendan Dunford, Alison Gault,
Coco Baraer Panazza, Mario Sierra. Moderator: Tim Smit

3.15pm: Learning from the Past
Speakers: Darina Allen, Blátnaid Gallagher, Mario Sierra, Carry Somers. Moderator: Alison Gault

4pm: If You Could do One Thing
Speakers: Simon Coveney, Mary Fellowes, Mairéad McGuinness, The Land Gardeners - Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld

4.45pm: 2050: What Tech can do to stop Climate Change
Speaker: Sean O’Sullivan

5.30pm: Breath In and Let Go
Music with Laoise Leahy and Cian Sweeney

6.30pm: ENDS

Sunday 11th May

9.30am: Welcome with Fergal McCarthy

9.45am: Sunday Miscellany
Speakers: Adam Clayton, Brendan Dunford, Alison Gault, Mairéad McGuinness, Tim Smit, Carry Somers, Sean O’Sullivan

11am: Tea/Coffee Break

11.45am: Fashion Makes The World Go Round
Speakers: Mary Fellowes, Tom Grafton, Coco Baraer Panazza. Moderator: Dylan Jones

12.45pm: The Future of Fashion and Farming
Speakers: Brendan Dunford, Sean O’Sullivan.
Moderator: Tim Smit

1.45pm: ENDNOTE with Tim Smit

2.15pm: ENDS

Food & Drinks

ORGANIC AND LOCALLY SOURCED VEGETARIAN LUNCH MENU WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUY ON SATURDAY, 10TH MAY FOR €18.

Main

Butternut, ricotta & spinach cannelloni:
walnut crumble, toasted oats and seeds.

Or

Sri Lankan curry:
mild Indian spices, potato, chickpeas, coconut,
chard & seasonal vegetables.

Dessert

Strawberry Fool with Irish strawberries, coulis & crème Anglaise.

Complimentary Tea & Coffee throughout the weekend

Vendors & displays

  • Farming for Nature

  • Galway Wool Co.

  • Granny’s Bottom Drawer

  • Mamukko

  • Mourne Textiles

  • Rathlin Wool

  • Remnant Revolution

  • Sister Vintage

  • Sustainable Workwear

  • The Zerowaster

  • Zirkulu


SPONSORED BY:

FARM FRIENDS: Gianni & Michael Alen-Buckley, Moya Coulson, Conor Doyle, Peggy Farah, Richard Francis, Kathy Gilfillan & Paul McGuinness, Susie & Denis Tinsley, Tom Quick & Michael Donnell

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Fergal McCarthy, Fiona Heddermen, Niamh Hay and Brendan Barry

Kinsale Community School
Sustainable Workwear

– THE VENUE–

New Theatre,
Kinsale Community School,
Ballinacubby, Kinsale, Co.Cork


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– EAT/ PLAY/STAY –

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Fashion & Farming Speakers

Reconnecting Fashion to Farming

Fashion and farming are part of who we are. Once inextricably linked, the farm-to-food-and-fabric cycle has been broken.

How we farm and how we create fashion is killing us. This inaugural weekend will bring together creative minds, change makers and dreamers to sow the seeds for fresh ideas.

The Event

Don't miss this opportunity to explore the connection between what we wear and where it comes from. Whether you're a fashion enthusiast, a farmer or simply curious about the relationship between these two worlds, Fashion & Farming weaves together two stories that might lead to a brighter future.

Confirmed speakers include Sir Tim Smit, The Eden Project, Carry Somers, Fashion Revolution, The Land Gardeners, Bay Garnett, Creative director, Coco Panazza, My Wardrobe HQ, Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School, Simon Coveney, TD, Sean O’Sullivan, SOSV (USA), Mairéad McGuinness, MEP, Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature, Dylan Jones, London Evening Standard, Adam Clayton, U2 and gardener, Mary Fellowes, sustainability expert, Alison Gault, Belfast School of Art, Lilian Gleave, student activist, Tom Grafton, Recomme, Blátnaid Gallagher, The Galway Wool Co-op, Brendan Dunford, Burrenbeo Trust.

Meet the team

Fashion & Farming is the brainchild of Mareta Doyle. She has teamed up with Ciara Hunt to present an event that might just change the world we wear.

Mareta Doyle | Founder

Mareta Doyle founded the award winning international Kinsale Arts Festival, and has served on Boards including the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, and the Glucksman Gallery. She is a consultant to Sotheby’s.

Ciara Hunt | Founder

Ciara Hunt has been editor, and manager of magazines including Porter, Tatler, Hello!, InStyle and The World of Interiors. She is currently replanting native trees, and reestablishing organic and biodiverse methods on her small farm in Kinsale.

Lisa O'Brien | Producer
Conleth Teevan | PR & Publicity
Kerry Fitzgerald | Social Media
Hermione Tilbury/MinTInk | Design
Marie O'Leary | Assistant
Big thanks to Gemma Tipton

LET’S RECONNECT
FASHION & FARMING

It’s time to make, better…

“This is one of the most important issues of our times”

— Fashion & Farming

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