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@Greasy_Slag
This thread rocks!
But i really couldn't care where my chocolate comes from or who picked my peppercorns, unless he was called peter piper but that has enough comedy value, like the tree specialist called Mr Wood i met. Magic!
Anyway I have massive reservations about organic shops and even larger reservations for people who bang on about how they live their lifestyle choices affecting the world at large, make it your choice and make it silent, fkng martyr; don’t care what class they are, upper middle have the money, lower have the chip square on there.
The increase of Organic and fair-trade in our everyday supermarkets is a good thing, Organic for all the posturing in this thread is a step in the right direction. The earth can sustain growth at a given level, massive treatment for higher yields goes against natures plans and something has to give. Nutrients, the earth, surrounding insect and wildlife.. to be fair the full extent with all it's knock ons will not be know as nature takes the hit.
But the key point that has been missed is the consumption levels. There are claims that organic farming cannot feed the numbers required.. Do we really need to buy the amounts we do? Do the shops really need that much stock?
The big push should be back to local shops and local produce, and for people to pay more for the luxury imported items via heavy taxation!
City’s have a hugely diverse culture and millions are made selling local foods to immigrants, from pickled polish pig fat to dried otter nose or what ever those Chinese eat. Choice and imported foods are high in both camps
Get to the country and the story gets sad, the impact of the supermarket is huge and the volumes of local produce is lower than it is in London… when London doesn’t have the land to grow shit!
Sadly the prices charged for organic food to London fad chasers prices out country folk, Tescos and the like have pretty strict pricing models based on their bulk buying. And the spread of villages and towns in the country highlight the convenience of supermarkets
Sadly they wont go away, little organic shops wont move down there, so people with the best produce on their doorsteps don’t have an easy way to get it. that’s in our own country….
oh /rant