Salad days and buying Irish

Sir, – In response to Geraldine Kenny's letter (February 6th), it is the desire of consumers to eat foods out of season that means food must be transported thousands of miles from where it is grown.

If we want to eat Irish vegetables, then we need to buy produce that is in season. The best source, other than growing your own, is to buy from local markets and fruit and vegetable shops.

You will then also have the immense satisfaction of supporting those who take the trouble to grow a range of delicious, fresh, in-season foods. – Yours, etc,

SHEELAGH MOONEY,

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Naas,

Co Kildare.

Sir, – Excellent Irish-grown potatoes are widely available. Regarding lettuce and scallions, if Geraldine Kenny has the secret to longer days and more sunshine in Ireland in winter, I wish she would share it with the nation, including my son – a registered organic grower who uses polytunnels.

We could then all bask in a sufficiency of much besides lettuce and scallions! – Yours, etc,

ROSEMARY LUCAS,

Donadea, Co Kildare.

Sir, – Geraldine Kenny should remember that when she sat down to her dinner of imported ingredients that all over Europe the same was happening – Kerrygold butter in Roman sauces, Irish beef on Berliners’ plates and Irish infant formula for the babies. And we won’t ask who took the horse to France or why! – Yours, etc,

JOHN ROGERS,

Rathowen,

Co Westmeath.