The Department of Agriculture thinks that organics is still a flash in the pan. It doesn’t get that it is a €30 billion business in Europe alone
Vincent Cleary wants to grow Glenisk’s turnover to €50 million - and he needs more farmers to do it
CV: Vincent Cleary
Lives: Co Offaly
Family: married to Kerstin with one daughter, Kim
Hobbies: looking after our cats, dogs, goats, horses and chickens
Favourite movie: Waterloo (1970)
Just finished reading:1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski (“I’ve reread it many times”)
Vincent Cleary is upfront about why he got into organic farming over 20 years ago, and it wasn’t for altruistic reasons – he did it for the money.
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