date:Sep 16, 2013
or processors and trade bodies to become involved where possible, as it is clear that customers find that buying local produce is important to them.
Michele Shirlow of Food NI said Switch to Local had the potential to generate millions of pounds for the local economy: There are over 700,000 households in Northern Ireland. If every local shopper switches one item per weekly shop at, say, 1 or 2, imagine the impact we could see on sales of NI products: it could be many millions of pounds over t