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Re: Eco Tips from Linda |
By Mairi on
29/03/2008 18:09 |
When we moved to Switzerland we started buying all our fruit and veg from the market. If something important (usually you can get peppers, oranges and bananas any time) is not in season or not grown in Switzerland then they do import it, but generally from no further than Spain. On the whole though, most produce comes from within Switzerland. However I now find it much easier to see what was really in season and what isn't.
The organic section in our local supermarket back in Scotland always had exactly the same things in it: peppers (3 in a plastic bag), mushrooms, courgettes, potatoes, carrots, broccoli and tomatoes, in fact all of it was plastic wrapped at the very least. There was usually some sort of lettuce too. But you had to look closely at the packet to see where the produce came from, and so often it was not even from Europe.
I think the UK could learn a thing or two about using more local or at least European food and stop importing things from outside Europe. Perhaps I'll let them off with bananas though!
In Switzerland the main ingredients in products have to be labelled with country of origin, even meat in takeaways. I think people in the UK would be shocked at how little is produced locally and some sort of labelling like in Switzerland might spur people into action. |
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