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It's not all that long ago that they were threatening to starve Ireland because of the negotiations around the border. Plenty of food here right now! The only

It's not all that long ago that they were threatening to starve Ireland because of the negotiations around the border. Plenty of food here right now! The only thing we have an issue with is tomatoes, and local tomatoes are about to come into season.

b800h 4y ago
Weds 22nd Feb: "Irish Examiner: Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change" https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41076908.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41076908.html Tue 21st Feb "Irish Times: Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs" https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2023/02/21/supply-of-vegetables-to-ireland-disrupted-by-poor-weather-and-energy-costs/ https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2023/02/21/supply-of-vegetab...
- talideon 4y ago
  Yup! Hence my mention of tomatoes, which is the main place where I've seen any disruption. I'm not saying that there's no disruption here, but Ireland is a lot more food secure than the UK. Our shortages are relatively minor compared to the UK, which is what makes their earlier attempts to threaten us with food shortages somewhat funny.
  - b800h 4y ago
    "Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes" Those are the same ones as the UK. Except the turnips (allegedly).
    - talideon 4y ago
      Haven't noticed much of a lack of any of them other than jalapeños specifically. There's no shortage of cruciferous vegetables, lettuce, or gourds. I've a bunch of sweet peppers sitting on my fridge. We grow plenty of all those, except peppers and tomatoes.
      - b800h 4y ago
        Yeah, and locally for us in the UK it's just cucumbers, oh and in one supermarket there were no eggs once? Our experience is the same, basically, the whole thing is just a sort of mad nexus of anti-Brexit / supermarket profiteering / media sensationalism / slightly bad weather making a small difference / supply chain issues.
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b800h 4y ago

Weds 22nd Feb: "Irish Examiner: Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change" https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41076908.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41076908.html Tue 21st Feb "Irish Times: Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs" https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2023/02/21/supply-of-vegetables-to-ireland-disrupted-by-poor-weather-and-energy-costs/ https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2023/02/21/supply-of-vegetab...

talideon 4y ago
Yup! Hence my mention of tomatoes, which is the main place where I've seen any disruption. I'm not saying that there's no disruption here, but Ireland is a lot more food secure than the UK. Our shortages are relatively minor compared to the UK, which is what makes their earlier attempts to threaten us with food shortages somewhat funny.
- b800h 4y ago
  "Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes" Those are the same ones as the UK. Except the turnips (allegedly).
  - talideon 4y ago
    Haven't noticed much of a lack of any of them other than jalapeños specifically. There's no shortage of cruciferous vegetables, lettuce, or gourds. I've a bunch of sweet peppers sitting on my fridge. We grow plenty of all those, except peppers and tomatoes.
    - b800h 4y ago
      Yeah, and locally for us in the UK it's just cucumbers, oh and in one supermarket there were no eggs once? Our experience is the same, basically, the whole thing is just a sort of mad nexus of anti-Brexit / supermarket profiteering / media sensationalism / slightly bad weather making a small difference / supply chain issues.

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