Adding that for those concerned about our environment, agriculture is the second biggest polluter by far after heavy industry, and that 'supply chain' delivery (aka centralized food production delivered in 18 wheelers to big box stores) burns a lot of diesel locally, while container ships have grown enormously in size to deliver those Peruvian strawberries.
and airfreight may make sense to food supply oligarch bottom lines but not to the rest of the planet.
The French farming subsidies aka free ride that were at the heart of the original 'common market' have arguably metastasized across the entire EU over time, and here we are with food production relying increasingly heavily on subsidies to produce at scale, to the detriment of 'real' farming.
I'm writing this on the Hawaiian island of Kauai where the food in safeway/big save is processed junk but there is lots of amazing fresh fish and local produce, a microcosm of the UK in many ways...
Adding that for those concerned about our environment, agriculture is the second biggest polluter by far after heavy industry, and that 'supply chain' delivery (aka centralized food production delivered in 18 wheelers to big box stores) burns a lot of diesel locally, while container ships have grown enormously in size to deliver those Peruvian strawberries.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-boats-are-ruining-everything
and airfreight may make sense to food supply oligarch bottom lines but not to the rest of the planet.
The French farming subsidies aka free ride that were at the heart of the original 'common market' have arguably metastasized across the entire EU over time, and here we are with food production relying increasingly heavily on subsidies to produce at scale, to the detriment of 'real' farming.
I'm writing this on the Hawaiian island of Kauai where the food in safeway/big save is processed junk but there is lots of amazing fresh fish and local produce, a microcosm of the UK in many ways...
There are answers to the polluting issue but they come at a price we, as consumers, have to pay if we want a better future.