Darragh McCullough: A few tweaks to our diet and Irish farmers could live to 100
In Live To 100: Secrets Of The Blue Zones, centenarians stay active by gardening or doing some daily activity. Photo: Netflix
A farming friend of mine passed away last month, aged just 59. Charlie dropped dead in his farmyard, where he routinely clocked up 14-hour days.
Part of me would be critical of any farmer spending that much time chained to the job, but I’ve also had a slow realisation that if someone finds contentment in the work they do, that’s something to be accepted, rather than admonished.
