mistyoptic
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Sainsbury’s car park fully closed today as large areas of it under water. Had to park elsewhere and carry everything.
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The whole supporting British growers and farmers is a total joke , for years supermarkets have been the very ones. Who have and still are screwing them over and selling them done the river.In ASDA today and directly under a BIG banner proclaiming 'We support British Growers' were radishes from Morocco & Spring onions from Egypt, among other produce from equally exotic climes.
Clearly someone is missing the point.
It's not sustainable and the time will pretty soon come when everyone will have to get back to eating seasonally. If they like it or not , and more things will have to bought and grown more locally. I mean what's with strawberries for sale over Christmas
Precisely. The whole con being that it's cheap, exotic and available all year round from somewhere in the world, 'available' being the biggest con of all. Most folk don't have the time or conscience to check the small print of 'the country of origin'.The whole supporting British growers and farmers is a total joke , for years supermarkets have been the very ones. Who have and still are screwing them over and selling them done the river.
It's not sustainable and the time will pretty soon come when everyone will have to get back to eating seasonally. If they like it or not , and more things will have to bought and grown more locally. I mean what's with strawberries for sale over Christmas
A wee example being celery. I only buy regional celery in season and the smell and taste is amazing, especially when a good head looks like a mini Triffid - !
It costs a bit more, but the difference is well worth the extra pennies. 
Access to a Leicester store, unloading bay on the right, car park straight ahead, a couple of days ago.
Not my pic but I did ask the driver if he took his Speedos with him 🏊
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What did that Finnish student do to upset him? Has he overlooked the fact that social media is "involved in grooming"?
biggs682
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- Northamptonshire
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- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
In ASDA today and directly under a BIG banner proclaiming 'We support British Growers' were radishes from Morocco & Spring onions from Egypt, among other produce from equally exotic climes.
Clearly someone is missing the point.
In the local greengrocer's shop, there is usually a label next to the produce telling you how many miles the item has travelled.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
A chilly and mostly sunny day here chez Casa Reynard, with a brisk west north westerly breeze.
Sleep was middling at best thanks to lady issues and clog-dancing heffalumps. Gave myself an extra half hour in bed. Had a kitchen morning, resulting in a curry simmering away in the crock pot. I also sorted out my vegetable store, as it had gotten rather cluttered. Discovered some tomatoes that were looking rather tired, so they went into the curry sauce.
Had a lovely luncheon of toasted light rye sourdough bread, extrawurst, cheese, fruit and a
or two.
This afternoon, I restocked the wood bins in the house, emptied the ash from the grate and have spent the rest of the time writing.
Sleep was middling at best thanks to lady issues and clog-dancing heffalumps. Gave myself an extra half hour in bed. Had a kitchen morning, resulting in a curry simmering away in the crock pot. I also sorted out my vegetable store, as it had gotten rather cluttered. Discovered some tomatoes that were looking rather tired, so they went into the curry sauce.
Had a lovely luncheon of toasted light rye sourdough bread, extrawurst, cheese, fruit and a
or two.This afternoon, I restocked the wood bins in the house, emptied the ash from the grate and have spent the rest of the time writing.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
As I said before, maybe he does have a point.
But there's ways of saying and ways of saying. And just watching on the news, Jess Phillips is now receiving threats to her safety. Regardless of what you think of her or her politics, how can that possibly be right? After the murders of Jo Cox and Sir Anthony Amess, MPs have enough on their plates without Elon Musk needlessly adding fuel to the fire.
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
In ASDA today and directly under a BIG banner proclaiming 'We support British Growers' were radishes from Morocco & Spring onions from Egypt, among other produce from equally exotic climes.
Clearly someone is missing the point.
Yeah, whoops. Trouble is, if there's the demand for such...
The whole supporting British growers and farmers is a total joke , for years supermarkets have been the very ones. Who have and still are screwing them over and selling them done the river.
It's not sustainable and the time will pretty soon come when everyone will have to get back to eating seasonally. If they like it or not , and more things will have to bought and grown more locally. I mean what's with strawberries for sale over Christmas
If I'm paying full price, then I will buy seasonal and British as much as possible. Not just the whole food miles thing, but also you're getting produce when it is at its peak in terms of quality and flavour.
Failing that, I will buy EU produce or stuff that's brought in by container ship* (citrus & other fruit not grown in the UK). What I won't do is buy fruit and veg that's been flown in from halfway across the world. Blueberries and asparagus from Peru are but two examples, or grapes from India.
Soft fruit and tomatoes, I largely only buy British and in season.
OK, when I yellow sticker, then that's a completely different kettle of fish. All bets are off, but imported strawberries are so abysmal at this time of year that I won't buy them, no matter how cheap they are. There were loads of them in Tesco the Sunday before Christmas, and I left them where they were. I didn't even bother "sniff testing" them**. Instead, I snaffled several bags of YS Belgian-grown conference pears, and they've been bloody lovely.
* container ship transportation is far more environmentally friendly than air cargo in terms of fuel expended per kilo of whatever.
** most of a strawberry's flavour is contained in its aroma, ergo if they don't smell of much, they won't taste of much either.
This is the other big thing most of it tasteless mess with shelf life taken over every thing else. In session freshly picked will win every time , the pice thing is important too. Too often good, locally grown sustainable food is a life style choice. For ones who can afford a Saturday morning trip to the farm shop. Good food has to become more available and affordable it's not impossible to do but will need a rethink how food is seen , grown and used.