Joanne Fullerton

Building community food sovereignty from the ground up — one mushroom log, one workshop, one neighbour at a time.

Joanne is a community food activist and permaculture facilitator whose work with Síolta Chroí connects people back to where their food comes from.

Background

Joanne is a community food activist with a particular interest in fungi and mushrooms. She holds an MSc in Food Security and a Permaculture Design Certificate, and works as a community workshop facilitator. Over the last eighteen months she has trained around 120 people in mushroom cultivation, and she facilitates a number of courses and events for Síolta Chroí — including farm open days, chicken-tractor builds, and introductions to food forest design. She is currently based in Donegal.

Approach & philosophy

Joanne's facilitation style is hands-on, generous and rooted in food sovereignty — the idea that communities should have the knowledge and means to feed themselves well. At Síolta Chroí she brings that ethos into permaculture courses, food forest design and grower workshops, helping participants leave with practical skills they can put into use the next day.

At a glance

Based in

Buncrana, Co. Donegal

Role

Public engagement officer

Education

MSc in Food Security; Permaculture Design Certificate

specialisms

Permaculture, mushroom cultivation, food security, community workshop facilitation

previous roles

Community food activist and workshop facilitator across multiple Irish community settings

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Areas of focus

Mushroom cultivation

Sharing the practical knowledge to grow gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home, in community plots, and on farms.

Permaculture & food forest design

Designing productive, resilient growing systems that mimic natural ecosystems.

Community food sovereignty

Building the local skills and confidence that allow communities to feed themselves well.

Joanne Fullerton

Joanne is a community food activist and permaculture facilitator whose work with Síolta Chroí connects people back to where their food comes from.

Background

Approach & philosophy

Areas of focus

Mushroom cultivation

Permaculture & food forest design

Community food sovereignty

Upcoming events

An Introduction to Regenerative agriculture /Agroecology - Tyrone

An Introduction to Regenerative agriculture /Agroecology - Monaghan

Introduction to Food Forest Design