Originally Posted by
deedave
Of interest to freight airports-
"The Times" today-
"Air freighted food to be given a warning label"
Tesco, Asda and Marks and Spencer are to mark their air freighted food to "encourage shoppers to leave the goods on the shelf if they wish to be green".
"Only between 3 and 4 per cent of food sold in supermarkets is flown to Britain"
"Tesco hopes to reduce the amount of air-freighted food to less than 1 per cent"
etc..
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But it also says in the same article that ..........."that
food imported by air may be more environmentally friendly than something grown out of season in a heated glasshouse in Britain. " and ......"
A reduction in food miles, however, poses an ethical dilemma for supermarkets. Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, said: “There is a strong international development case for trading with developing countries. So the question is, should we shun Fairtrade horticulture from East Africa to save CO2, or champion it as an important contribution to alleviating poverty?”
Its my experience that the majority of shoppers don't pay too much attention to the labels on the produce they buy....so while there is a demand.......I think it will continue to be flown in.