Doing the Business: Fergus Halpin of Harvest Day wants to put sustainable Irish produce back on the nation’s tables

Founded during the pandemic, the box delivery service is still going strong and has added some extra services along the way

Fergus Halpin: ‘The goal is to put small, sustainable producers back at the heart of our food system.’ Photo: Marin Bramblett

While many businesses were created during the Covid-19 pandemic, there are few that were born during a mandatory quarantine. But for Fergus Halpin, a two-week stint in the spare room of his parents’ house was all he needed to create what would become Harvest Day.

“I had been travelling and living in Australia for about three years, but then the pandemic hit and drove me back home again. It was April 2020, right when everything ...