RTE Ray Darcey Show: From corporate offices to wild hedgerows — North Cork’s Chloe Dempsey has swapped the rat race for a life of foraging and fermenting. She now teaches others how to find food on their doorstep and bring it to life in the kitchen.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22536304/
The Irish Independent: Cork woman finds new life in foraging and fermenting after mother’s passing inspires career change. After the recent listeria outbreak sparks food safety fears, Chloe Dempsey teaches others to reconnect with nature and source food from the land around them
Irish Examiner: Working Life: My interest in gardening isn’t random… my great grandfather was head gardener at a stately home. Covid prompted me to re-evaluate my life, when I found myself working a lot from home. I saw that I could be making better use of my time than spending hours commuting every day
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41682833.html
Evening Echo: Join fermenter and forager Chloe Dempsey, and experience Fitzgerald’s Park through a whole new lens – as a place abundant with wild foods. Finish at Probys Kitchen for a water kefir demonstration, talk, and to taste what you have foraged. Take home your own kefir to start your own at-home fermentation journey.
https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41685369.html
Stellar: The entire experience was a trip highlight. Chloë was so knowledgeable, so approachable, and so into nature that it changed the way I look at parks, greenery, and the outside world in general. Now when I walk down the road I notice the weeds, berries, and flowers that can all be picked and turned into something delicious – all for free!
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