Slow Food Galway protested during
the last two month twice against the open pen fish farms proposed for Galway
Bay. The first picket was held on April 2nd 2014 at the BIM National
Seafood Conference which was held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The second
protest was held on May 9th outside the Galway Business School G. C.
I House in Salthill were Taoiseach Enda Kenny was a guest of honour at the Galway Chamber and Business School
meeting. Both events provided a great opportunity for the Galway Slow Food
movement to confirm its opposing stand point on the proposed Galway Bay fish
farm based on the seven pillars of the Slow Food movement. The seven pillars
are the foundation the organisation is built on; and in order to be true to our
mantra any actions or positions taken by members should be reflective of those
pillars. To be more specific the two pillars ‘Small-scale Food Production’ and
‘Environmentally Responsible Food Production’ standing in stark contrast to the
proposed developments in Galway Bay. It is for that reason that Slow Food
Galway indicated its position by protesting against the proposal at the above
named BIM conference in Dublin and on Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent visit to
Galway.
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