Dr. Amalia Scannell

But, you know, when we're looking at how easy it is for government to step in and make decisions on a global level, you know, we don't get a whole lot of

traction with it there's a lot of pushback on that because there are jobs involved as well which matter so it's the relationships that make these decisions are quite complex and it makes it difficult to push out of it but ultimately trying to get good healthy local sustainable food on our shelves i think is the way we need to go and one of the differences between ireland and let's say france

is look at the size of the horticulture business.

We produce very few home-grown vegetables and fruit that hit our market shelves.

Most of the stuff coming in, not all, but most of it on the supermarkets are coming in from Europe and non-European countries.

And I think for me, that's the sustainability issue we need to think about.

It is, and that's a situation that the ISA needs to have a think about.

And maybe the government, again, with policy and changes,

There's a whole lot of drive to get rid of cows, but the drive then is going to produce protein and fava beans and all the rest of that, which is also very good.

But, you know, we need fruit and vegetables as well.

And I think, for me, that's the takeaway.

We need to make sure that we invest in our farmers, that supermarkets give farmers a fair deal, and that maybe we don't say no to foreign products, but we do a, you know, an Irish product incentivisation would be very useful.

so that it's available to people very obviously, you know.