Heritage sites team up with markets

VISITORS to a number of national heritage sites will this year have the added option of buying quality fresh food at farmers’ markets on selected days.

Food Minister Brendan Smith suggested last year that Bord Bia and the Office of Public Works (OPW) should examine the feasibility of using selected national heritage sites as possible future venues for farmers’ markets.

Mr Smith and Minister of State Tom Parlon, who has responsibility for the OPW, recently launched the Bord Bia-OPW farmers’ markets programme for 2006, which will be held in association with the Department of Agriculture and Food.