Unsustainable claims behind green food production campaign

Bord Bia’s mantra that Irish farming is at the forefront of food sustainability is poppy-cock, writes Victora White

T’S the last day of the Ploughing Championships, Ireland’s massive annual celebration of farming and farmers. RTÉ and a raft of politicians led by the President are scrambling to use the competition as a symbol of what we are.

The competition is as much about politics as it is about ploughing, as every decent-sized political party attempts to claim the rural heart of Ireland as its own.