Why food will be more expensive in the future

Food prices might be at their highest in living memory, but they are unlikely to fall any time soon, Tirlán's Jim Bergin told Rachel Martin, Farming Editor

Jim Bergin, chief executive of Tirlán. Picture: Julien Behal

Jim Bergin, CEO of Tirlán, heads up one of Ireland’s biggest agri-food businesses — the €3bn co-op formerly known as Glanbia Ireland.

The firm’s 11,000 farmer members supply more than three billion litres of milk annually.