Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I ask Ms Brennan to explain the something to me, as it often baffles me. When we were youngsters growing vegetables in gardens, including lettuce, onions or whatever, we pulled them and brought them in. After a day or two they were going yellowish. How come with a lot of imported stuff, lettuce could be in the fridge for nearly a month and it is still looking like it did the first day it came out of the ground? What is going on?