The Menu: Spudlove

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth several years hence at the perceived loss of national sovereignty on foot of the bailout.

But The Menu believes food sovereignty — greater control for Irish citizens of the production and sourcing of our food supply — to be an equally pressing matter and that the date chosen to release the Irish Food Sovereignty Proclamation, April 24, the actual centenary of the Easter Rising, is especially appropriate.

Put together by a group of concerned citizens including farmers, growers and consumers, it is linked to the greater global food sovereignty movement, which seeks to protect and promote small-scale local food producers in particular.