Joe McNamee: The State must atone for 1980s regulations and save small farms

"Back in the ’80s, when Larry Goodman et al began scaling up Irish meat processing to industrial levels, the Department of Agriculture revised regulations to fit this new large operational scale, regulations that shouldn’t have been remotely applicable to small abattoirs."

Peter Twomey, Glenbrook Farm

Earlier this year, I wrote of free range pig farmer Peter Twomey, of Glenbrook Farm, 15 minutes drive from Cork city centre. 

In particular, I praised his superb free range pork and Peter subsequently reported a mighty response to the piece and a sharp rise in sales, both online and at his Saturday morning farm shop.