Damien is joined by countrywide reporter Hannah Quinn Mulligan and her grandmother Catherine at the Nenagh mart day as they undertake some buying and selling.

Damien takes a trip to the mart in Nenagh in Co Tipperary on a busy day for buying and selling.

On this week’s Countrywide; a Day on the farm in Limerick, At the mart in Nenagh, climbing for Jack and Jill, the wonders of the Burren and remembering Brendan Kennelly.

Countrywide's Hannah Quinn Mulligan recounts her personal connection to poet Brenden Kennelly. "Begin" is read by Brendan Kennelly from a CD and book collection published by Bloodaxe Books (2011) called The Essential Brendan Kennelly: Selected Poems (ed Brown and Longley)

After meeting Hannah and Catherine at the mart in Nenagh Damien joins the Mulligans on the family farm in Limerick.

Damien speaks with Donal Dennehy of Nutricia about a new project called Project Clover which sees a number of Irish dairy processors clubbing together with a plan to harvest biogas from farm waste including silage and slurry with the use of anaerobic digesters.

On World Food day Victor Murphy of Savour food.i.e. talks to Damien about his initiative to help prevent food waste in business. Find out more at www.savourfood.ie

Damien is on the Banville farm in Wexford to find out more about how new Nitrate directives are affecting farmers and the importance of improving water quality.

Jack Nolan, Senior Inspector, Nitrates and Biodiversity Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine briefs Damien O'Reilly on some of the farm level issues relating to water quality.

On This week’s Countrywide, A new way of reducing food waste , We visit a Wicklow halloumi cheese maker, The connection between marine life and medical devices replacing natural gas with biomethane and improving farms water quality.