Agribusiness tries to cover up these warning signals with quick-fix solutions such as food irradiation, genetic engineering and hormone injections. Labelling, which would allow the consumer to have a free choice about what they buy, is obstructed by the same powerful groups. Ireland is one of the few countries with the ability and potential to produce genuinely safe and natural food in a clean, green environment. But this ability has been systematically betrayed for short-term gain by other political parties and vested interests. The lessons of BSE must be learned.
Cheap food is cheap because the real cost is hidden.
We believe that if you break the laws of nature, nature fights back. . The link between the consumer and producer must be restored. Small scale producers must be protected and the dual role of rural women recognised. People must be encouraged to buy direct, to buy local, to buy organic produce, or to grow their own. . We will restore the balance between our over-populated urban areas and our depopulating rural communities.