Farmer-led learning for living soil and better farms.
The work is rooted in living soil, farm-made inputs, careful observation, and the belief that Irish farms can become more resilient by working with the biology already present on the land.
Started on a working Irish dairy farm.
Thomas Stack is a dairy farmer from Co. Limerick and the founder of Natural Farming Ireland. After taking over the family farm in 2012 and farming conventionally for several years, he began looking for a way to build a more resilient system with less dependence on bought-in inputs.
He transitioned to organic farming in 2018, then travelled to the United States in 2019 to study Korean Natural Farming with Chris Trump. Since then, Thomas has been applying natural farming principles on his own dairy farm, using indigenous microorganisms, farm-made inputs, and soil biology to support grass, livestock, and long-term farm resilience.
Today, Thomas milks 60 grass-fed dairy cows on virtually no external inputs, produces high-quality organic milk, and hosts farm visits and training for farmers who want to see natural farming working in Irish conditions.
Practical, place-based, and farmer to farmer.
Irish Conditions First
Methods are adapted to Irish grass, Irish weather, Irish livestock systems, and Irish farm economics.
Biology Over Dependency
Methods are adapted to Irish grass, Irish weather, Irish livestock systems, and Irish farm economics.
Learning By Doing
Methods are adapted to Irish grass, Irish weather, Irish livestock systems, and Irish farm economics.
Meet the team.
The shoulders we stand on
Chris Trump
A leading practitioner of Korean Natural Farming in the West, Chris Trump has taught and consulted internationally through Biomei Solutions. His teaching has been especially important in bringing KNF from theory into practical farm-scale use, including the training that helped shape Natural Farming Ireland. Chris spent over a decade managing a 700-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii using Korean Natural Farming methods, giving his teaching a strong foundation in large-scale, practical application.
Master Cho
Cho Han-Kyu is the founder of Korean Natural Farming. His work developed a practical system around indigenous microorganisms, natural inputs, and working with local ecology. His methods continue to guide farmers around the world who want to build fertility from the life already present in their own land. Through decades of teaching, Master Cho helped turn natural farming into a method that could be learned, practised, and adapted across different climates and farming cultures.
Masanobu Fukuoka
Fukuoka’s writing and farming helped shape a wider philosophy of observing nature, reducing unnecessary intervention, and respecting the living system of the land. His influence reminds us that farming is not only about inputs and outputs, but about learning to work with natural processes instead of forcing them. His book The One-Straw Revolution remains one of the most influential texts for farmers and growers exploring no-till, low-intervention, and regenerative approaches to land.
