ReFarm is a collaboration between Trinity College Dublin, Burrenbeo Trust and local and international businesses. The project aims to make ‘farming for nature’ sustainable and scalable for farmers and provide businesses with an opportunity to fund nature-positive actions on Irish farms in a way that can be reported under new EU sustainability reporting directives.

ReFarm has raised over €1 million to fund nature-positive actions on Irish farms and an accompanying research programme. The funders of ReFarm are RWE Ireland, John Paul Construction, CIE Tours, BiOrbic, Trinity Business School, Community Foundation Ireland and an impact investor. 

In the first two years, Trinity will undertake a research programme to examine long-term funding structures for businesses to invest in nature-positive actions on Irish farms. This important research is being led by Professor Jane Stout, School of Natural Sciences, and Professor Martha O’Hagan, Trinity Business School, and is being supported by the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Bioeconomy research centre BiOrbic.

Prof. Martha O’Hagan, Trinity Business School, said: “ReFarm brings together research expertise from across the School of Natural Sciences and Trinity Business School. By partnering with businesses, farmers, and experts, we will pilot real-world projects from day one, scaling them through innovative financial mechanisms and academic insight. This new national initiative ultimately aims to make farming for nature sustainable and scalable to meaningfully address our biodiversity and climate crises.”

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