Consumers urged to buy local food to preserve jobs and livelihoods

EAT up for Ireland, it’s the patriotic thing to do — that’s the message from Good Food Ireland as it bids to raise consumer support for home- produced food in advance of St Patrick’s Day.

Good Food Ireland is calling on Irish people to buy local food and choose restaurants and hotels that are committed to using Irish food ingredients this St Patrick’s Day.

Good Food Ireland founder Margaret Jeffares said: “We want to highlight to the Irish people and to visitors our approved network of people who are delivering to their customers a superb Irish food experience and who are the real local food heroes of our island.

“In supporting them you also help secure some 7,000 direct jobs and the livelihoods of many Irish food producers, farmers and fishermen that they buy from.”

Good Food Ireland is an all-island organisation.

* www.goodfoodireland.ie