The menu: Community food

The Menu gets greatly exercised about food security — ready access to delicious and nutritious food is a fundamental right. 

Large corporate interests, focused on profit above all, are often cited as offenders, but bureaucracy and the State can also be guilty of counter-productive practices, leaving the poor, benighted consumer with a seemingly endless choice but a marked decline in quality.

The WeCreate Centre, in the wonderful Cloughjordan EcoVillage, in Co Tipperary, is hosting Feeding Ourselves, a national conference on community food systems (April 11).