NotThamesWater-
Well, I've got some green beans in the fridge that were air freighted from Kenya. They aren't organic either implying the use of pesticides which are really bad news for the environment. Driven from the airport to the supermarket and then on to me by delivery driver too. Not great.
Rice is another issue...produces a huge amount of methane.
Of course, source locally is the goal for meat eaters and vegetarians
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Mono-cultures and other such things. One could argue that chopping down forests to cover huge swathes of land in soy is not much better than chopping them down and raising cattle. It is better, but growing only a few species of resource-intensive crops is not the best solution to our various land-use/greenhouse gas/water shortage/ecological diversity/etc. issues.
As an example something that people often ponder is whether they're better off eating butter from a local dairy or margarine that is dairy-free but contains palm oil that has been flown over from a different continent. Palm oil has been responsible for massive devastation to rainforests, orangutan habitats and so on
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frankenbike
^this
I'm not a subscriber to the whole meat is murder thing and have real problems with the environmental impact of vegetarian diets as well as the horrendous and admittedly far worse damage caused by the meat industry.
I think meat is something that is supposed to be eaten in moderation as part of a balanced, mainly vegetarian, diet. Better for us, better for the environment and fewer animals harmed.
Finding the best possible source for your meat is something worth doing but I have come to the conclusion that it is pretty tricky to do in London. Where my parents live in Suffolk, it is pretty easy to buy meat from a butcher where you can find out where the animals are farmed and go and see their conditions. And the best bit is that happy meat tastes better.
Tldr of anybody knows where good meat is in London, I'd want to get involved.