• Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz
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    8 days ago

    Ireland was exporting food during the potato famine.

    Don’t assume your food won’t continue to be sold overseas if the growers/wholesalers can make more money that way.

    • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Ireland was exporting food during the potato famine.

      *Britian was exporting food from Ireland during the famine.

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        8 days ago

        Regardless of nationality, don’t expect your billionaire overlord to have ethics if it comes at the cost of a 0.7% income loss

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          7 days ago

          What billionaire overlord? Irish agriculture is made up of over 100,000 independant family farms, and each farmers income is on average about €40-50k.

          We produce enough beef to support almost 3x the population and enough dairy for 10x the population.

          Ireland is the 2nd most food secure country in the world.

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            7 days ago

            That sounds impressive, I never heard about it. Do you have some resource about it? I don’t know how to search for it and Google is, like, you know

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          7 days ago

          No, you have to expect your government to do that, which is why almost the entire world is not hyper capitalist choochoo trains