Re: Food Miles


"Knight Of The Road" <russiatrucking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Carrying on the pork scratchings / food motif, I would like to draw
attention tonight to our current environmentally catastrophic way of
thinking and in particular, highlight the consequences of such ridiculous
and inadequate levels of thinking - the subject of food miles.

Many of us visit restaurants and supermarkets for leisure and necessity
to
be dazzled with phrases leaping off the menu or the packaging like "New
Zealand spring lamb" - ah, how lush and fresh sounding, healthy and
wholesome.

Now, such a simple phrase is cunningly formulated, designed to make you
think of all the positive connotations conveyed by it.

However, we as a nation, if we really care about our environment, should
collectively try to discourage such products from getting through to us
in
the first place, by showing that far from being impressed by slick,
enticing
marketing phrases, we are not amused, because from the point of view of
food
miles, this is clearly irresponsible food sourcing.

Another example - Chilean Mussels - I'm pretty sure I could get them
locally
and they would taste just as nice. No doubt one or two of you here might
be
tempted to retort with a malicious comment about the water quality of our
seas as a reason not to eat such locally sourced products, but to be
honest,
do you know if the Chilean sea conditions are really any better than
ours?
Its all about perception.

In fact, do you stop to consider the freshness of your youthful New
Zealand
lamb which has had to travel half-way round the world to get to a depot
and
then to your local store? Is it really going to be fresher than a locally
produced lamb after all that travelling?

The point I'm trying to make is that, just like all the spin we've come
to
hate from Labour, we need to get a grip on our modern world and show the
slick marketeers that we are just not impressed by their bullshit spin
either.






Excellent point, and I hope you tapped it out on a computer keyboard which
was built in Britain.

What's that you say? You didn't?

Welcome to the Real World!



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Regards, Vince.

International Trucking Photographs... http://tinyurl.com/29hs8u

I agree that we should be more responsible for what we buy. Problem is, as
already been mentioned, even if the product you are buying is from a British
company, it was probably produced in another country, using raw materials
from several other countries, who use machinery and power sources from
another country and so on. A disgraceful situation but there you go as they
say.
All the Christmas goodies you are about to buy are already on a container
ship in the far east. Even Bernard Mathews has probably exported his turkeys
to Europe for processing before importing them back for packaging.
The French electricity and Russian gas we need because we have allowed our
own recourses to be squandered buy previous governments. The list goes on.
WE have let it happen because WE want everything cheaper and WE don't want
to have to work to get it. Sad really.
PS I have hunted down a source of Pork Crackles. Had to go to Asda at West
Malling. What a horrible place that is. Full of Chavs )).
PPS how about getting Jon.R to set up a petition.


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