Baby Feeding Law Group Ireland (BFLGI) is a volunteer organisation that advocates the protection of the right to good health of all infants, young children, mothers, parents, and families by addressing practices that commercialise infant and young child feeding, threaten breastfeeding and undermine good health.

You can find out more about the Baby Feeding Law Group Ireland at their website:

⁠⁠https://bflgireland.ie/⁠

And to mark National Breastfeeding Week, check out this article, endorsed by BFLGI, with top tips to improve breastfeeding rates:

⁠www.echolive.ie/corkviews/arid-41486915.html⁠

Dr Aoife Long has a PhD in renewable gas policy from UCC and is a member of the Baby Feeding Law Group. Her own challenges with breastfeeding led to her looking into the sustainability of breastfeeding, which ultimately became part of her research.

Dr Sarah Brennan is a GP specialising in women's health and breastfeeding. She is co-chair of the Baby Feeding Law Group, on the European Association of Breastfeeding Medicine board, and a University lecturer currently on sabbatical.

Sarah and Aoife tell us about the co-benefits for health for both the baby and mother and the climate benefits.

You can see an example of Aoife's novel research here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262103465X

See a fantastic personal piece on the importance of breastfeeding from the point of view of a clinician and mother:

⁠https://www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/prof-gabrielle-colleran/why-breastfeeding-support-matters/⁠

Finally, DeSmog recently published an article detailing how the industry is consistently influencing policy:

⁠⁠https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/25/mapped-ireland-powerful-farming-lobby/⁠