Public engagement officer

Joanne Fullerton

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

Upcoming events

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06 Mar 2027
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Grow More of Your Own Food: The 9-Month Homesteader Course

Grow more of your own food with our 9-month Homesteader Course. Gain practical skills, confidence and support to live more self-sufficiently Would you love to grow, make, and produce more of your own food, and become more self-sufficient? This nine-month course at Síolta Chroí will give you the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to get […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
04 Nov 2026
06
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Webinar on Farm-Scale Seed Saving and Seed Sovereignty

To deepen the awareness across farms in Ireland of the skills and rationale behind seed saving and seed sovereignty. We are hosting this webinar on Farm Scale Seed Saving to deepen the awareness across farms in Ireland of the skills and rationale behind why seed saving at-scale is important within the bigger conversation on seed […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
04 Feb 2027
06
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An Introduction to Regenerative agriculture /Agroecology - Tyrone

What if farming could work better for farmers and the land? Our hope is simple: That farmers can make a fair living from farming, while leaving their farms in a better condition for the next generation than when they inherited them. Síolta Chroí are delighted to invite farmers from Tyrone and the surrounding areas to […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
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