Field Exchange Agri Food Festival - 2025
Field Exchange Festival
Creative Agriculture for Thriving Communities
September 5 - 7 September 2025
Day 1: Field Exchange Symposium Fields of Possibility Friday at King's Hill E45 EA09
Day 2: Field Exchange Agri food Festival Saturday at Brookfield Farm E45 W599
Day 3: Celebration Lunch with Tipperary Food Producers' Network Sunday at King's Hill E45 EA09
Weekend Tickets 5-7 September available!
Day 1: Field Exchange Symposium Fields of Possibility Friday at King's Hill E45 EA09
Creative Approaches to Farming, Climate & Local Food 5th September 2025 - King's Hill
Format: • Plenaries • Parallel Sessions • Performances • Art Trail
Introduction In the face of climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and community fragmentation, Field Exchange is a vital space for dialogue, creativity, and reimagining how we relate to land, food, and place. This symposium sets the stage for a reimagining of agriculture - as a creative, cultural, and ecological act. Bringing together farmers, artists, researchers, community advocates, and policy-makers to explore how creative approaches to agriculture can help build thriving rural communities, nourish well-being, and cultivate a deeper connection with the land and place.
This day will inspire, connect, and co-create visions for the future of farming and local food.
10.30 - 11:00 - Welcome, Symposium - Fields of Possibility opens
11:00-13:30 Keynote speaker Anja Murray, Plenary, Farming Ambassadors, Voices from the Field
12.30 -13.30 Lunch
13:30 - 16:30 - Symposium – Breakouts and final Plenary
16:30 - Networking break
17:00 - 18:00 Enjoy a moving and evocative music performance from
The Company of Trees. Location: Barn and Sibin, King’s Hill E45 EA09
18:00 Farm Walk & Art Trail Location E45 W599
Day 2: Field Exchange Agri food Festival Saturday at Brookfield Farm E45 W599
Join us for a family friendly food and craft festival experience on beautiful Brookfield Farm overlooking the Lough Derg landscape. Engaging craft and nature workshops. Sensory farm walks and hands-on learning. Delicious Tipperary-grown food and diverse food stalls. Unique craft stalls with distinctive handmade gifts. Explore commissioned artworks along the Art Trail. Get involved in agroforestry and dry stone wall demonstration spaces. Connect with the Field Exchange Community of Practice. And end the day with an evocative live performance by The Company of Trees. A celebration of creativity, ecology, and community rooted in the land. All are welcome.
(Attendees of the music performance will be transported to our nearby Barn E45 EA09)
Day 3: Field Exchange Celebration Lunch with Tipperary Food Producers' Network Sunday King's Hill E45 EA09
Tipperary Food Producers have engaged Valentine Warner, celebrity chef for the Field Exchange celebration lunch to create a delicious menu based on Tipperary Food.
Sunday 7th September
13:30 - 14.00 arrive at King's Hill, park, welcome
14:00 introductions and pre lunch refreshments
14:15 lunch served
16:00 lunch close
(16:30 - 6pm Optional Visit to artworks by Gerardine Wisdom on the lower farm by the lakeshore/ or King's Hill artworks.)
Field Exchange Festival
Creative Agriculture for Thriving Communities September 5 - 7 September 2025
Day 1: Field Exchange Symposium Fields of Possibility Friday at King's Hill
Day 2: Field Exchange Agri food Festival Saturday at Brookfield Farm
Day 3: Celebration Lunch with Tipperary Food Producers' Network Sunday at King's Hill
Weekend Tickets 5-7 September available!
DAY 1 Field Exchange Symposium Fields of Possibility Friday at King's Hill E45EA09
10:30 – 11:00 Welcome, coffee
11:00 Opening Plenary, Keynote - Connecting to the living world
Framing the day: Introduction to Field Exchange - the power of creativity and regenerative practices in transforming agriculture and how we respond to the climate and biodiversity crises. Farming Ambassador Experiences/ Voices from the Field - Keynote: Anja Murray - connecting to the living world
12.30 - 13:30 - Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Parallel Sessions (Choose One Track)
Each session explores a unique aspect of Field Exchange
- Creative Farming: Art, Craft and Agroecology – bringing nature, creativity, traditional skills and regenerative practices like agroforestry to the farm
- Revisioning Agriculture - Supporting farmers and the community in reconceptualising agriculture for a better future - Community Resilience in the face of climate and biodiversity challenges
14:30– Break 15 mins
14.45 – Closing Plenary: Land, Imagination & Action
- Reflections from the sessions
- Sharing insights, connections, and emerging themes
- Keynote panel
- Call to action: how we carry this work forward
- Close
15.45 - Networking and refreshment break
16:30 – Company of Trees Performance (set up and performance)
- Space to relax and enjoy performance
18:00 Lakeshore Farm Walk & Art Trail
- Transport for a walk across the lakeshore farm to engage with installed art and landscape-based work
DAY 2 Field Exchange Agri-food Festival Saturday at Brookfield Farm
Join us for a family friendly food and craft festival experience on beautiful Brookfield Farm overlooking the Lough Derg landscape.
A day filled with themes of sustainability and a love for nature.
- Engaging and exciting craft workshops
- Sensory Farm walks
- Local Tipperary Food
- Specially commissioned artworks
- Practical learning opportunities
- Engage with and contribute to the agroforestry and dry stone wall designs
- Learn about our Community of Practice!
- Discover distinctive gifts at our craft stalls
- Explore the diverse offerings at our food stalls
- Celebrate the close of our festival with a moving and evocative music performance from The Company of Trees.
Connecting with individuals who share similar interests.
(Attendees of the music performance 6pm will be transported to our nearby Barn E45 EA09)
DAY 3 Field Exchange Celebration Lunch with Tipperary Food Producers' Network Sunday King's Hill E45 EA09
Celebratory Lunch Sunday 7th September
The lunch to celebrate Tipperary Food will take place at King’s Hill Sunday 7th September (1:30pm). The capacity of the venue is 50-60 guests. Tickets: €50
Tipperary Food Producers have engaged Valentine Warner, celebrity chef for the Field Exchange celebration lunch to create a delicious menu based on Tipperary Food.
13:30 - 14.00 arrive at King's Hill E45 EA09, park, welcome
14:00 introductions and pre lunch refreshments
14:15 lunch served
16:00 lunch close
(16:30 - 6pm Optional Visit to artworks by Gerardine Wisdom on the lower farm by the lakeshore/ or King's Hill artworks.)
We offer parking facilities and toilets 250 metres (approx. 5 min. walk) from the festival site on the farm and a short drive from the main entrance gates.
- Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear and dress for current weather conditions.
Please Check-in 10 minutes before each event
No Refunds for Cancellations within 7 days before the events.