That shows a total lack of understanding there is generally plenty of food in Africa. Famine has usually occurred because of wars or political upheaval. What people here need is money. I can grow Maize on my farm and employ 5 people or export veg and employ 400 people plus another 100 in the pack house plus extra people involved in the export side and it brings foreign exchange into the country which is desperately needed. Also every person working is directly supporting probably at the very least another half dozen or so relatives. I am not doing it because it’s noble but there are definitely some blurred lines. And why shouldn’t people eat strawberries in December if they want and anyway they are far more likely to be roaded from Spain.
That's good thank you. When I came here I questioned the morality of shipping food half the way around the world when the poor Africans are starving then I found out their problems are not really lack of food but lack of money either received for their produce but also those buying don't have enough money to pay a higher price for that food. Last year we grew 7 million cabbages for the local market and about 400 acres of potatoes plus a bit of maize and some onions all in a rotation with our export veg. Where I came into this thread was really to say what people do re. carbon is pointless if the finished product is then packaged and moved all around the country or in our case the world.
