New study finds potato is not the most Irish vegetable
Students win international prize for examining vegetables in shops
Print30 August 2013
Two Irish students have placed second in the world in a competition for a poster featuring a study which found the potato is not the most Irish vegetable. The study, ‘Tracing the Roots of Irish Vegetables‘, investigated the availability of Irish-sourced vegetables in shops.
Sive Neary and Aoife Troxel from Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill in Galway, compiled data from six shops during the same week, collecting a range of vegetables. They found that Tesco supplied the highest percentage of Irish vegetables on the day of their visit, while SuperValu had the least.
One of the most surprising outcomes was that potatoes were not the most ‘Irish’ of vegetables. Interestingly, 92% of mushrooms in their study were sourced from Ireland compared to just over 60% of potatoes. The onion was found to be the least Irish vegetable as it was most often sourced from abroad.
The results of the competition were announced in Hong Kong. The students were awarded prize money of €500. Their poster also won a medal in an Irish Central Statistics Office competition. In total, the poster has won €2,100 so far.
The poster can be viewed here.
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