Well, as we are all aware, Tuesday Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance, delivered his Emergency Budget 2009 to the Irish nation, signifying the depth of the current turmoil the Irish economy is facing. Mr. Lenihan advised the nation that “we are all in this together. At the end of the day, fairness means you cannot shuffle off responsibility to somebody else.” Mr. Lenihan is right, as a nation, we need to work collectively to bring us out of these tough times. One way we can go about this is by safeguarding the future of Irish business through continuously supporting Irish firms as much as possible.

In 2000, Wild Orchard was founded as an Irish indigenous smoothie and juice company built on the same principles as we operate today. We purchase and support Irish supplier’s where-ever possible. Take our apple supplier for incidence, apples from Con Traas apple farm in Co. Tipperary. This is one of many of our Irish supplier partnerships we have formed over the years, in doing so, we have not alone strengthened business in the locality but work to facilitate the growth of our distributors, cafés and deli’s we supply with our drinks.

Why not support Irish producers the next time you are in the supermarket or local shop as much as possible? Check the labels and country of origin, in doing so, we can continuously grow Irish business and further drive ourselves out of these short lived challenging times. Through supporting Irish business, we will be able to come out of this short lived period as competitive and as strong an economy as ever before. Keep an eye on the on-line forums in the next few weeks for a list of Irish artisan food companies we like and a list of local Farmers Market’s for a nice day out.

What are your thoughts? Why not post a reply below?

Dermot