Green Earth Organics
A family-run certified organic farm in Galway, Ireland. Delivering fresh organic produce nationwide since 2006. One of only 60 to 70 field-scale vegetable growers left in Ireland.
Their Story
Jenny and Kenneth Keavey started Green Earth Organics in 2006 on land that has been in Kenneth's family for generations. His grandfather farmed it first, then his father, and in 2004 Kenneth put the entire farm into organic conversion. What began as a single van delivering 30 boxes a week from the back of their house in Galway has grown into one of Ireland's most respected organic food operations, with 45 people now employed across the farm, packing and administration teams.
They farm 40 certified organic acres. A further 10 acres is dedicated to a wildlife biodiversity area, native woodland with over 7,000 trees planted, and red clover grassland. The farm generates its own electricity via solar panels and harvests rainwater from the west of Ireland to wash produce and water plants in their tunnels. They never use airfreight.
Green Earth Organics, Galway. September 2025.
Green Earth Organics is one of only 60 to 70 field-scale vegetable growers left in Ireland. Small organic farms like this one do not supply supermarkets. They depend entirely on direct customer relationships to survive. Every order placed is a direct vote for the kind of food system we say we want.
Why We Recommend Them
Certified by the Irish Organic Association since 2004. Everything they sell is certified organic without exception. No conventional lines, no blended ranges, no greenwashing.
Organic certification excludes synthetic pesticides and inputs that carry PFAS contamination. Their packaging is predominantly compostable or recyclable, avoiding the PFAS-containing plastic films common in supermarket produce packaging.
Irish Organic Association certification prohibits all synthetic pesticides and herbicides. These are the primary dietary source of endocrine disrupting chemical exposure through food. Everything grown at Green Earth Organics is grown without them.
Produce is packed loose or in paper, card or compostable bags. They have an actively growing plastic-free grocery section and a stated commitment to removing plastic from their supply chain. Packaging arrives compostable and can go directly onto a compost heap or garden bed.
Irish Organic Association certification involves annual farm inspections and supply chain audits. Their claims are independently verified, not self-declared.
What They Offer
Seasonal organic boxes delivered nationwide across Ireland. You can choose set boxes or build your own. Over the course of a year, a typical seasonal box contains 80% local Irish organic produce. Contents vary by season and what is actually growing on the farm that week.
Beyond fresh produce, their website stocks over 800 certified organic products including eggs, dairy, bread, store cupboard staples, nuts, seeds, spices, cleaning products and personal care items. Everything organic, all in one order.
You can purchase an organic food box that goes directly to a local charity rather than to yourself. Green Earth Organics also donates fruit and veg weekly to COPE Galway, a local homelessness and domestic violence charity. Their Pay it Forward scheme lets customers redirect a delivery to charity when they are away rather than pausing it.
Kenneth runs two hour walking tours of the farm with an interactive talk on food, sustainability, soil health and the wider food system. Available to book directly through the farm.
Why Small Organic Farms Need Your Support
Green Earth Organics is one of only 60 to 70 field-scale vegetable growers left in Ireland. These are not farms that supply supermarkets. They depend entirely on direct relationships with customers who choose to order from them. When customers pause deliveries for the summer, when schools close, when hot weather changes cooking habits, farms like this feel it immediately. Produce that took six months to grow ends up on the compost heap.
Last year, as in most years, the farm made a loss. This is the reality of small-scale organic farming in Ireland in 2026. The land is farmed properly, the food is exceptional, the environmental credentials are genuine. What is missing is enough consistent customers to make the numbers work.
Ordering a box from Green Earth Organics is not just buying food. It is keeping one of Ireland's 60 remaining organic vegetable farms in business. It is supporting 45 people employed in rural Galway. It is choosing the food system we want to exist over the one that currently does.
There are 60 to 70 field-scale organic vegetable growers left in Ireland. Green Earth Organics is one of them. Whether you order for yourself, send a box to a friend or donate one to a local charity, every order goes directly to a farm that is doing exactly what we need more farms to do.
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