Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Organic Farming: Discussion

Ms Grace Maher:

We do not have the resources to get involved in marketing. The vast majority of our members would sell directly to the public so they run their own marketing campaigns. Based on that, the OGI would call for a national marketing campaign specifically on organic farming. I think Deputy Carthy asked what would be on the wish list. That is something that should be looked at. It would obviously be beneficial to the horticulture sector and would certainly build on promotion at local level by individual farm businesses, which is what is currently happening. As an organisation, we do not get involved in marketing. We just do not have the resources.