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It would be such a good idea to have that sort of information stored on the bar code with everything else.
I live in Holland and what puzzles me is that- for example, when I buy strawberries in the summer, that the super markets here are flush with Spanish strawberries which are cheaper than Dutch ones. But when I was back in England on Holiday we were buying Dutch strawberries because they were cheaper than English ones! It's crazy.
The shelf life is always better for locally produced food as they haven't been shipped huge distances at regulated temperatures and when food gets to room temperature deteriorate very quickly - this is very noticeable with bananas, as we don't grow them here we always have to buy imported.
There is always the thought as well that some poor and developing countries rely on the West to buy their produce. Without the West to export to, the people who work on these plantations suffer and their work supply drys up.
It's a dilema - help poor countries and ruin the planet?
I would like to say that I always by the locally produced things, but finances as they are that isn't always possible. I would also like to be able say I buy fair trade food - but this counter balances the arguement.
A bit of a mixed up post sorry - I am not very eloquent at getting my thoughts into words.
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