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Incredible Edibles School of the Week | Our Lady of Lourdes, Co Limerick

March 21, 2022

Congratulations to our Incredible Edibles School of the Week Ms Clifford’s 1st Class, Our Lady of Lourdes, Co Limerick In task two of the programme, these students were busy learning about the origins of their school dinners and went to a local supermarket to trace where their food is coming from. They took lots of…

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School of the Week | Scoil Chormaic CNS, Dublin

February 22, 2022

Congratulations to our Incredible Edibles School of the Week Ms. Yeats’ first Class, Scoil Chormaic CNS, Dublin. Ms. Yeates’ first class have been learning about the origin of food. They visited their local supermarkets and tracing the food back to its origins. While the children were shopping with their parents, they identified the Irish foods.…

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School of the Week | Our Lady of Mercy Primary School County Sligo

February 16, 2022

A huge congratulations to Ms Una Fitzpatrick’s 1st Class, from Our Lady of Mercy Primary School, County Sligo, the second Incredible Edibles School of the Week. The project is well into Task Two: Identifying Irish. Here the children learn how to recognise Irish produce. The class got the chance to visit a local fruit farm…

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Incredible Edibles | Conahy NS is our School of the Week

February 9, 2022

Congratulations to Laura Egan and all of the pupils at Conahy National School in Co. Kilkenny, who are the Incredible Edibles School of the week. Everybody has been getting involved in our interactive fruit and vegetable growing programme from infants to sixth class. We have just finished Task One: Learn about Food Origin. Ms Egan…

Agri Aware incredible Edibles Launch

Minister Josepha Madigan launches Agri Aware Incredible Edibles schools healthy eating programme.

November 25, 2021

Minister for State at the Department of Education Josepha Madigan was on hand at Airfield Estate in Dundrum to launch Incredible Edibles 2022. Schools can sign up to Incredible Edibles from Friday November 26th here. The Minister with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion was able to sample some homemade soup on the morning, a…

Wellness and Biodiversity the focus as Roscommon School crowned Agri Aware Incredible Edibles Champions

July 6, 2021

Welcome to Agri Aware     Tarmon N.S. Ballinphuill, Castlerea Co. Roscommon were the Agri Aware Incredible Edibles Champion School for 2020/21. The children produced a bumper crop of vegetables from their polytunnel, successfully hatched chickens, and reused old tyres to create flower beds. The Roscommon School beat off competition from nearly 1600 other entries…

Over 25,000 primary school children take part in Incredible Edibles Keep Well event

March 31, 2021

Welcome to Agri Aware Over 25,000 primary school children from 1,000 schools took part in a recent Incredible Edibles Keep Well Day, which showcased how children are keeping active in the garden and eating healthy to keep well this spring. On Thursday, March 25th thousands of students and their teachers joined the two Incredible Edibles…

Primary schools nationwide show resilience and creativity in preparing to plant their own spring gardens this March despite school closures

February 11, 2021

Welcome to Agri Aware Over 1,600 primary schools and 43,000 primary school children nationwide are showcasing resilience and creativity by preparing to plant their own spring gardens and learning all about fresh, Irish produce, despite school closures. Agri Aware’s Incredible Edibles programme is a free, healthy eating and growing project that has been running in…

Agri Aware launches Incredible Edibles 2020 – A novel way to get 7 a day!

November 4, 2019

Welcome to Agri Aware Agri Aware today (Monday 4th November) launched its national healthy eating initiative “Incredible Edibles”.  Now in its 12th year, the free initiative for primary schools aims to educate students on how to sow, grow and cook an array of Irish fruit and vegetables to help them get their 7 a day!…

Ready, Steady…Grow! With Agri Aware’s Incredible Edibles programme

February 5, 2019

Welcome to Agri Aware Agri Aware the Irish agri-food educational body today (Tuesday 5th February) launched its healthy eating programme Incredible Edibles with the help of the Minister of State for Health Promotion, Catherine Byrne T.D. The project now in its 11th year will see over 1,500 primary schools across Ireland learn to grow, sow…