We organise training for commercial farmers and growers, and small food producers across Ireland. Trainees include those aspiring to convert to organic production, and experienced organic producers who want to improve their skills or diversify into new areas. Through our programme of courses we aim to increase indigenous production and encourage producers to take advantage of new market opportunities.
AN objective of the NOTS programme is to work with groups to devise customised training in specialised areas. Examples might include organic dairy farming, organic poultry, and organic processing, alternative meat production, routes to market, value-adding. The training needs will be determined by groups of producers and processors. Contact us with your specialised needs and ideas.
We can provide customised training delivered in-house on your own premises or in your chosen county. Examples of customised training include IT, Corporate Governance, HACCP, upgrading to Organic Standards, Organic REPS. Let us know and we will be happy to advise, design or co-ordinate training to suit your needs.
All courses are subsidised and therefore offered to you at very reasonable prices. Courses are held in local training centres and on farms, and are delivered by experienced trainers and experts in the field. As courses can only be run with a minimum number of participants we encourage you to book early! or register an interest, we would be delighted to recieve expressison of intrests for new courses that would help organic business development.
This training day will focus on selecting the most suitable breeds of sheep for organic production and discuss disease , parasite controls ... more info
A one day introduction to basic remedies and how to select and apply them. The tutor is an experienced veterinary ... more info
This course is aimed at producers interested in rearing pigs and those currently producing pork conventionally on a small scale ... more info
The National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS) in co-operation with the Rural Enterprise Skillnet is organising a rush cutting demonstration on a hill farm in North Leitrim on the 17th June 2010 from 7-9pm
Recently Kate Carmody of Beal Organic Cheese Ltd had her cheese on the tasting platter looking for an investment of €50,000 from a Dragon she felt she could work with.
National Organic Training Skillnet
The Enterprise Centre,
Hill Road,
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Tel: 071 96 40688
Fax: 071 96 40869
Email: info@nots.ie