Irish Central

The County Cork farmer behind Irish Heritage Tree's second forest

Farmer Tim Daly is partnering with IrishCentral by using his farm in County Cork as the newest location site to plant Irish Heritage Trees! Irish Central's Irish Heritage Tree program's second ...
Irish Central

Green and growing: Cork farmer shares update on Irish Heritage Tree forest

Last year, farmer Tim Daly partnered with IrishCentral by using his rural farm situated near Drimoleague in the heart of West Cork as the second location site to plant Irish Heritage Trees. His farm ...
Panda

Fighting forest fires with cork in Portugal

WWF is restoring areas in Portugual destroyed by forest fires by planting fire-resistant cork oak trees. Lisbon, Portugal – WWF, together with the Reforestation Commision in Algarve, launched the ...
SanLuisObispo

That cork from your wine bottle might come from Cal Poly. Here’s a look at how it’s harvested

Ever seen where corks for wine bottles come from? Neither had plenty of attendees at a Cal Poly event Tuesday, until a team from Portugal hacked off a slab of cork from a tree at the San Luis Obispo ...
The Washington Post

This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

CORUCHE, Portugal — The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the ...