About Bredan Dunford

Brendan Dunford is a founder of, and volunteer with, the Burrenbeo Trust, a charity dedicated to promoting and enabling community stewardship across Ireland. Within Burrenbeo, Brendan works directly on projects including The Hare’s Corner, Farming for Nature, Project ReFarm and the Burren Winterage Weekend. Between 2005-2022 he led the award-winning BurrenLIFE Project and its successor, the Burren Programme. 

Brendan is a Fellow of Ashoka’s Global network of Social Entrepreneurs and was awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Galway in 2018 for his work in championing farmland biodiversity. He is author of Farming and the Burren and co-author of the Farming for Nature Handbook. Originally from a farming background in Co. Waterford, Brendan has spent the last 25 years living and working in the Burren region in Co. Clare.

At Fields Good, you will find Brendan chairing the panel discussion; “When Land Comes Alive” in the Riverside Marquee.