Rachel Martin: Standards must come top down

Around 20 members of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) protesting outside the offices of Bord Bia in Dublin against a decision not to remove Bord Bia Chairman Larry Murrin from his role. It follows news last week that Mr Murrin's company Dawn Farms has been using some Brazilian beef in its meat products. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie

I used to think it would be a bad job to be caught in a supermarket with a trolley full of produce that didn’t align with what I wrote about for a living.

In reality, I doubt too many farmers in the local Spar are inspecting my basket for New Zealand lamb or Polish chicken. Still, it seems sensible to practise what you preach.