There was rejoicing this morning in Organico when we received the news from GM Free Ireland that BASF have indeffinately postponed their GM potato trials in Co. Meath. What a victory for irish farmers and for Micheal O'Callaghan, the spokesperson for the GM Fee Ireland Network. Apparently, BASF were put off by the restrictions placed on the company by the...

Liz Ewing, Rachel and Hannah Dare were delighted last night to be at the official launch of Fair Trade Bantry where Mayor Letty Baker was handed Bantry's Certificate by Melanie Dray from the Fair Trade office in Dublin. The guest of honour was Darina Allen from Ballymaloe House, well known for her tireless support for Fair trade and for Artisan...

Organico Cafe in Bantry is delighted to host an exhibition of the photographic work of Pascal Ungerer. Pascal is a talented photographer based in West Cork. Visit his website at www.pascalungerer.com The exhibition is a collection of limited edition black and white studies.

Organico is delighted to announce that Bantry has just this week been awarded Fair Trade Town status. This was due in no small part to the hard work and committment of the Commitee, including Mayor Letty Baker and Town Councillor Mary Heggarty as well as some local tradespeople (including Hannah Dare and Liz Ewing from Organico). In order to qualify...

Denis O'Donovan opened the "NUDES" exhibition in Organico - an exciting body of new work by artist Lorraine Bacchus The opening was well attended and pictured at the opening are from left to right - Mayor Letty Baker, Denis O'Donovan TD, Artist Lorraine Baccchus and Hannah Dare of Organico. Organico Cafe, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)27...

Nudes An Exhibition of work by artist Lorraine Bacchus Organico is proud to host the first solo exhibition of Lorraine Bacchus. Nudes is an exciting collection of work and includes, a mixture of oil paintings and drawings. Lorraine divides her time between Ireland and Spain where she lived for many years. She studied Visual Arts on Sherkin Island as a...

Organico Cafe was on holidays over the new year and we're opening again today! Over the holiday we refurbished our Internet Cafe and installed new state of the art Dell Optiplex computers with flat screens. The menu today includes the following: Chickpea Curry Three Bean Chilli Broccoli Cheese Bake Gubeen & Onion Tart Organico Cafe, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork...

Organico is delighted to have been selected to stock the much loved ‘Dr Hauschka’ range of cosmetics, which we launched with a delightful Beauty Morning in Organico Café. Mary Berkery from Heaven and Earth (the Distributers of Dr Hauschka in Ireland) Gave a really interesting seminar on the benefits of using a product that is entirely natural and designed to...

Organico Bantry Hi I'm Hannah Dare and I run Organico Shop on the Glengarriff Road in Bantry, which is a town in West Cork in Ireland. Organico is a family business and my sister Rachel is reponsible for the inspiration (and perspiration!) behind our Cafe and Bakery. Organico was started by our father Alan Dare who became interested in wholefoods...