Critique of Ireland's Food Vision 2030: Export Focus Overshadows Local Food System Resilience
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Blanca Arregui
4h ago· 8 min readenInsight
Summary
Cultivate's submission to the Irish Government's Public Consultation on the Food Vision 2030 Mid-Term Review critiques Ireland's agri-food strategy for prioritizing export value and global market performance over local food system resilience, community well-being, and producer livelihoods. The article argues that the strategy fails to address fundamental questions about food access, sustainable farming, and building resilient local food networks amid climate, market, and geopolitical disruptions.
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Food Vision 2030 Still Sees Exports More Clearly Than Local Food Systems Based on Cultivate’s submission for the Irish Government’s Public Consultation on the Food Vision 2030 Mid-Term Review: Ireland’s agri-food strategy speaks of resilience, sustainabil
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