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<blockquote data-quote="Lowland1" data-source="post: 6501852" data-attributes="member: 66524"><p>I am not arguing against the fact that food from within the country should be given a priority however I believe that it will be very hard to educate the public. We have gone from a country that ate seasonal food to one that wants to eat the same food in winter as summer so you get Raspberries from Spain, Morocco and Kenya in winter by road ,sea or air. 2-4 tonnes a day of watercress is shipped by air from Orlando to U.K everyday through the winter this is not on special planes but on the same aircraft carrying holidaymakers to Disneyworld(land) it helps keep the cost of peoples holidays down. I think everyone knows how environmentally unsound this is but try getting them to give up their holidays. The guardian readers know they should be eating Lincolnshire cabbage but a pack of tenderstem broccoli is so much easier. Imports are used not to supplement locally produced food but to keep prices in check especially by the supermarkets if potatoes are expensive in the U.K they will be off to Holland or Belgium. Unfortunately food is a commodity and their will be trading to keep prices low so that the general public can go to Spain or get a new iphone. The environment is of the utmost importance but Goverments fall when the price of food goes up so you can guess their priorities</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lowland1, post: 6501852, member: 66524"] I am not arguing against the fact that food from within the country should be given a priority however I believe that it will be very hard to educate the public. We have gone from a country that ate seasonal food to one that wants to eat the same food in winter as summer so you get Raspberries from Spain, Morocco and Kenya in winter by road ,sea or air. 2-4 tonnes a day of watercress is shipped by air from Orlando to U.K everyday through the winter this is not on special planes but on the same aircraft carrying holidaymakers to Disneyworld(land) it helps keep the cost of peoples holidays down. I think everyone knows how environmentally unsound this is but try getting them to give up their holidays. The guardian readers know they should be eating Lincolnshire cabbage but a pack of tenderstem broccoli is so much easier. Imports are used not to supplement locally produced food but to keep prices in check especially by the supermarkets if potatoes are expensive in the U.K they will be off to Holland or Belgium. Unfortunately food is a commodity and their will be trading to keep prices low so that the general public can go to Spain or get a new iphone. The environment is of the utmost importance but Goverments fall when the price of food goes up so you can guess their priorities [/QUOTE]
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