Ireland's food strategy needs a radical overhaul

In Ireland, one in 11 people experience food insecurity, or food poverty. But this not down to the cost of food, it's due to the cost of everything else, writes Angela Ruttledge, head of policy at FoodCloud

Support for growing fruit and vegetables must come under CAP from 2027.

Ireland needs a whole-of-government, food-first, food strategy that tracks the Irish food pyramid. Our food security, food sovereignty, and food sustainability depend upon it.

‘Food security’, in terms of what’s been making the headlines recently, is about the measures we need to put in place so that when it hits the fan, we don’t accidentally end up on a keto diet, or eating canned marrowfat peas, while the far-right gets stuck in at spaghetti junction.