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Welcome to Feeding Ourselves 2026! This is our annual gathering, one which serves a growing Community of Practice of local food producers and organisers, community food advocates, agri-food and land-use researchers, food justice campaigners, Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) advisors and local food facilitators. Held each year in Cloughjordan since 2011, the gathering brings people from across the island of Ireland and beyond to strategise, network and build collective capacity in food sovereignty, agroecology and local food economies. Together, we work to strengthen resilient local food systems and support a just transition — where farmers everywhere can thrive, where everyone has access to healthy, appropriate local food, where meaningful progress is made toward ecological regeneration and community wellbeing, and where food and justice are two parts of a whole. Feeding Ourselves the gathering takes place in the WeCreate Centre, in the heart of the Ecovillage and where the Community Farm’s…

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