Protect the planet by buying local this Christmas

THIS CHRISTMAS remember that there is no such thing as cheap food, says Clodagh Finn.

Protect the planet by buying local this Christmas
Tue, 03 Dec, 2019 - 15:32
Clodagh Finn

THIS CHRISTMAS remember that there is no such thing as cheap food, says Clodagh Finn.

It might cost you less at the supermarket till, but says Lisa Fingleton, artist and food activist, when you get something at knockdown prices, ask yourself who is paying the real price?

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