Our farm was officially opened in 2019 with our first Bioblitz Festival of Science and Nature, as we surveyed and celebrated the diversity of life at Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm with science, music, food, walks, talks, and a nature-friendly farmers market. A video showing just some of that day’s glory and introducing our goats,…
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Between February and June 2018 we ran a pig club as our pilot CSA project, in which members received a quarter pig for the freezer – in various cuts and joints. Our native breed pork is humane, healthy, sustainable and fair, without the pollution, farrowing crates, antibiotic overuse and soya-from-what-was-the-Amazon-rainforest, that characterises industrial pig production.…
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Hear Jubilee director Jonny Hanson share the vision and plan for Jubilee Farm. Listen to and Ask questions at our panel discussion featuring:Tiziana O’Hara, of Cooperative Alternatives;Rev. Richard Kerr, farmer-turned-Presbyterian minister;Jim Kitchen, sustainable food and environmental advocate. Join us as we launch our community share offer. Connect and Network over Fairtrade tea and coffee. Watch Live: For those who cannot make the event,…
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A poem by Dr. Jude Stephens (or listen to Jude reciting the poem here) Today at Jubilee we mark the coming of the swine A notable array of seven young pigs in their prime Our pigs are vigorous hybrids from two well established strains Their deep-bodied circumference guaranteeing meaty gains A fusion of two prime…
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Free Range Families (FRF) project is a Grow Wild-funded community conservation initiative that will will connect families – household, school, church and community – to each other by connecting them with nature. Free Range Families will focus on recording, understanding and celebrating wild nature through summer workshops, school classes & a BioBlitz, between June and September…
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Market Gardener Key Information The Organic Market Gardener will be responsible for developing and managing the 1-2 acre market garden, working alongside a diverse group of interns, volunteers, care farming clients and other stakeholders, with the produce marketed primarily through Northern Ireland’s first community-supported agriculture (CSA) scheme. The full role description, and application information, is…
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Join us for a time of intentional prayer for God’s work at Jubilee Farm, in Northern Ireland, and for all of creation.
Please note that parking is available at the end of Bankheads Lane, in the Town Park car park and in the nearby Agnew street car park (5 minutes walk). Event parking is not available in the grounds of Drumalis retreat and conference centre. Our farm’s official launch was in June 2019. Our first Bioblitz Festival…
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