Tag: Paul O' Brien

‘Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them – they are dying and we are next’

By Paul O’Brien MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE that famine is a shortage of food in an area or country. Famine is not always a “shortage”. During the Irish famine in 1845-1849, food was exported from Ireland at the same time as the majority of the population faced mass starvation. Most famines…