Fat Tomato is Anthony O’Toole’s edible garden, living pantry and evolving food project in North Wexford.

Developed slowly over many years and launched in late 2024, Fat Tomato brings together growing, making, storytelling and experience – rooted in the belief that we should grow for flavour, not yield, and build food projects that value curiosity, biodiversity and time.

Fat Tomato is:

  • an edible garden growing over 500 varieties of organic heritage seeds and plants

  • a living pantry for product development and experimentation

  • a biodiversity-led growing project

  • a one-of-a-kind honesty farm shop

  • a place for learning, sharing and future thinking

Over time, it will evolve into a smallholding and destination, a home for gathering, workshops and dreaming in.

Why It Matters

Fat Tomato functions as a living laboratory for Anthony’s wider work.

It grounds advisory and strategic thinking in lived experience – exploring ideas around:

  • food systems and seasonality

  • small-scale production and making

  • storytelling through objects and ingredients

  • honesty, retail, and trust

  • food-led tourism and placemaking

Many of the questions explored through client projects are first asked here.

Fat Tomato is a long-term project, shaped slowly and intentionally.

To explore the garden, products and evolving story:

→ visit fattomato.ie