Farming on Pender Island: Martha McMahon of Inish Eile Farm

Join us on Sunday, July 6th to welcome Martha McMahon of Inish Eile Farm, Pender Island.

Martha joins us to talk about her flock of rare Cotswolds sheep, the history of long wool sheep and commercial farming, as well as knitting to create community and relationships.

About Inish Eile Farm
Inish Eile is a small sheep farm on Pender Island. The words mean ‘other island’ in Irish as the farmer (Martha) is Irish-Canadian. The farm is dedicated to the preservation of Cotswold sheep, which is now a rare breed in Canada and in danger of disappearing.

Cotswold sheep are historically famous for their long lustrous fleeces. However, along with other long wool sheep, they fell into danger of extinction as industrial processes and fibre from fossil fuel and a shift to a focus on meat production made them not economically attractive to commercial sheep farmers.

Inish Eile is also home to 2 donkeys. Inish Eile farm produces yarn only from its own farm and so offers a speciality fibre unique to the farm.

Time
5:00pm

Cost
$10 per attendee. All proceeds donated to Medicins sans Frontieres.

If you are interested in attending but unable to pay the full ticket price, please send us an email and we are happy to provide accommodations.

You may also like the following events from Beehive Wool Shop:

• Next month, 10th July, 09:30 am, Kids Level 0: Learn to Knit in Victoria

Also check out other Nonprofit events in Victoria.