Farmers hit out at proposed 'planetary health diet'

Both the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and the Irish Creamery Milk Supplier Association (ICMSA) have hit out at the EAT-Lancet Commission, comprised of 37 experts from 16 countries, after it proposed a "planetary health diet" that would entail a major change in people’s diets.

ICMSA president, Pat McCormack, said the report forms part of what he described as ‘Open Season’ on farmers, and questioned whether the Lancet report is consistent with previous findings it has published.