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ano profile some of the county’s leading agri-business success stories, start- ing with Brid and Roger Fahy of Lin- nalla Ice Cream.
Linnalla Ice Cream is hand-pro- duced on the Flaggy Shore of Fin- varra by Brid and Roger Fahy using whole milk and cream from their own shorthorn cows, native to the Burren, to create ice cream free from artificial flavours, colours or preserv- atives.
The farm has been a dairy yard since the 1800s, but by 2004 they knew that they needed to adapt to survive and build a viable future for their family, and give their children a chance to continue to farm the Bur- ren.
Linnalla ice cream started produc- tion in 2006 and the speciality ice- cream is now available in shops and
restaurants in the Clare and Galway areas.
In 2005, they met Pat Shannon from the Clare Enterprise Board who en- couraged them to develop their idea. Over the next two years they had planning approved, secured LEAD- ER funds, worked with officials from the Department of Agriculture and
soon were on the way to starting a new and innovative business.
A number of information evenings will take place at Teagasc Offices around the county over the next few weeks. This evening, October 20, an information evening will take place in Kilrush at 7.30pm, while tomor- row (Wednesday, October 21) a simi-
lar event will take place in the En- nistymon office at 7.30pm.
Information evenings also take place Ennis and Scariff on October 27 and 28.
Those attending the evenings will find out how to fill in the short appli- cation form and will hear about the other great prizes on offer.
A number of Clare farmers who started their own businesses will also be there to tell of their experiences to date as entrepreneurs. The Clare Farm Idea Awards is an initiative of Clare Local Development Company (CLDC) to promote entrepreneur- ship amongst farming and fishing Leyeevenleusieley
The top prize of €3,000 is gener- ously sponsored by Clean Ireland Recycling Ltd in Cree, while other sponsors include Clare Marts, Kerry Agri-Business, Conor Engineering, Clare IFA, BIM and FBD.
For more information contact Ger- ry McDonagh 086 8544036 or Hilary Ci TNey MO com Pe Reh Tee