Field Exchange, Brookfield Farm

Supported by Creative Ireland’s Creative Climate Action Fund with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications 

Field Exchange is an Irish project where relationships between agriculture and creativity are examined and invigorated to combat climate change. It was presented on Brookfield Farm on the shores of Lough Derg, the first edition of Field Exchange took place between June and September 2022. 

An exchange programme of creative agricultural topics was facilitated on the farm and were further contextualised and amplified by Model Plot, a sculptural planting by artist Deirdre O’Mahony in collaboration with the Loy Association of Ireland. Artist John Gerrard contributed a unique presentation of his simulation titled Corn Work. The Exchanges provided farmers, food producers, artists, experts and the interested public, time and community to collaborate. 

In 2023 Field Exchange was one of 43 successful projects to receive support through the new Creative Climate Action Fund II, which includes 3 Shared Island projects. Over 2024 and 2025 Field Exchange connected  farmers, creatives, and experts to share knowledge and devise solutions for the challenges confronting farmers and rural communities in a shifting climate. Farmers from North Tipperary have been invited to join a dedicated Community of Practice, focused on sustainable farming practices, skill-building, and creatively addressing the challenges.

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Keywords: Agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, farm design, soil

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Links to wellbeing economy: Agriculture, biodiversity and climate action,

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