Healthy profits: how this Laois couple are making a success out of flaxseed
Kathleen and John Irwin’s small farm has never been a traditional one. The Co Laois couple produce one of the most important health food products in the country: flaxseed. “We both come from farming backgrounds. I grew up on a farm that was once a flax mill where the stem of the flax plant was made into linen cloth,” says Kathleen. “When we got married, my husband had some land and we decided to turn it organic and started to grow flaxseed. “We also grow a small amount of oats, mainly for our own use.” Kathleen and John also ran a water bottling business from the farm for 20 yea...
Source: independent.ie