Organico Bantry was chosen by Herbal Company A. Vogel to be a 'Specialist Store', thanks to the high level of training our staff have received and the variety of herbal products we stock. We were delighted to receive this accolade and were even more delighted when they announced the Jan de Vries would be visiting us and would be giving...

If you would like to meet Jan de Vries in person, come along to Organico on the morning of Tuesday 29th of May at around 9am. From 9.30 Mr de Vries will be signing books and giving brief health consultations on how to live a healthy life. We can wholeheartedly recommend coming along to this event as Jan De Vries...

The irish Basket Makers Association is presenting a unique opportunity of free workshops and demonstrations of a range of traditional skills in Future Forests in West Cork, this Saturday. Martin & Yvonne Flynn, local organic farmers and basket makers, are organising this Traditional Skills day at Future Forests in Kealkil on Saturday the 19th of May (2-6pm). The day is...

The World renowned natropath and author Jan De Vries is coming to Organico on the 29th of May to give free consultations to our customers (and some of the staff too I suspect!) If you have a health question, a book you would like signed or would just like to meet one of the foremost natropaths of our time, come...

Look out for the RTE Afternoon Show this Thursday, 10th May, at 3pm, as Professor Peter Molan from the Manuka Research Unit at the University of Waikato in NZ will be on talking about the benefits of Manuka honey. These include: - speeding up of wound healing - digestive support - helping eradicate h. pylori from the stomach - helping...

Organico Cafe is delighted to once again welcome Lorraine Bacchus to the Cafe with her new work for 2007. Lorraine has had a number of other shows since she exhibited with us last winter (click here) and her work has matured and become, if such a thing is possible, even more beautiful. The pieces are mostly oil on canvas, though...

If you would like to help to protect your right to choose the amount of Vitamin C you can buy without being unnecessarily restricted by the EU, contact the following people and let them know your views: Mr Markos Kyprianou, The Commissioner, Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection, The European Commission, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium. Dr Brian Redahan, Director Consumer Protection...

As we speak, the European Union is in the process of introducing Europe wide regulations on maximum doses of vitamin and mineral supplements - and in particular what manufacturers and shops like Organico can say about the supplements we sell. Most shops and manufacturers are in favour of regulations, as we would not like to be working in a world...

2022 Update: We loved having Pina here in West Cork but she's since moved to Holland. But do read on if you want an idea of the type of work she used to offer here... Pina is a Spiritual/ Shamanistic Healer who has been based and works in West Cork since 1998. People visit Pina for many different reasons –...

Fair trade fortnight in Bantry, 2007, was a resounding succes. The Fair trade committee, including Liz Ewing from Organico, put together several very entertaining events. The main focus was on the visit paid by Renwick Rose from the Windward Islands Farmers Association, who came to Bantry on the 7th of March and had lunch in Organico Cafe before giving a...