Organic food market is worth millions

Donal Hickey on efforts to boost the domestic market

WITH Trevor Sargent of the Green Party appointed Minister for Food, a greater emphasis on the production of organic food can be expected.

It would, however, be easy to improve on the present situation as the base from which to start is very low. Organic food sales in Ireland represent less than 0.5% of our total food market, considerably lower than the 2% European average, according to the Food Safety Authority (FSAI).