The Quickcrop Story - Higher Ground

Quickcrop was set up in 2008 by Andrew Davidson and Niall Mc Allister in a response to the growing interest people seemed to have in producing their own food. We love the idea of being somewhat self sufficient and even the small initial moves we made in this direction gave us immense satisfaction.

We both moved our families from an urban lifestyle to country living 10 years ago and have tried to make the most of the beautiful Irish countryside where we now live. We both have small farms established where we produce all of our own fruit & vegetables and have some of our own livestock. We had to make a lot of mistakes along the way but eventually some years later we feel we are quite knowledgeable in food production.

Our friends and their children were always interested in what we were growing in our gardens when they came to visit. It was always a great buzz to put a dinner on the table for them with everything home produced. We found our children we much more adventurous with food having been part of growing it themselves. "Are these my peas Mummy?" is great to hear as you know they'll be eaten. In fact your lovely vegetable garden can be stripped of it's tastier produce alarmingly quickcly once the kids get loose between the rows, but I guess that's the idea.

Having heard “We’d love to grow our own but don’t know where to begin” a few times to many, we set about creating Quickcrop.

The problem was lack of knowledge and time. This is what we have addressed. You can Grow your Own with the right ingredients and a bit of help from us at whatever level you wish to start. We’ve sourced and produced the right raw materials to make sure you have a great crop whether it is an Urban balcony or large rural garden. So go on, get growing, it's fun, rewarding and healthy. We'll hold your hand to get you started and soon you'll be producing flavoursome healthy crops to tickle your tastebuds. Enjoy!

We look forward to meeting with you in your garden when we bring a little bit of ours!

You can watch the Quickcrop story so far on RTE's higher ground programme. Have a look at the videos below.

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Source: The Quickcrop Story - Higher Ground

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