27 January 2007

Green air miles?

Is there anything more inane than getting into the 4x4, driving about half a mile to the local Tesco's only to purchase a half a dozen organic apples flown in from New Zealand or a bunch of asparagus, in the dead of winter, flown in from Chile?

Well the Soil Association agrees and as it is responsible for the regulation of the use of the term "organic" in the UK is considering a ban of its use on goods which have been air-freighted from around the world. Let's hope they go through with it.
Oh, whilst you are at it, you could walk to the supermarket, now couldn't you?

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