Environmental costs of Organic food in Food miles

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Organic is the buzzword for healthy food around the world today. From fruits to vegetables, no one wants to ingest sprayed pesticides. The best of organic produce is flown from all over the world to your supermarket shelves.

If you are health conscious when you go shopping you probably, head for the organic food section. What does it have on offer? Chilean blueberries, Argentinean blackberries, or Zambian sugar snap peas, all airfreighted from their countries of origin.

So then what about all the pollution the freight planes created to get you this Fresh, organic produce? Airfreight, with all its CO2 emissions, is contributing to global warming and helping to heat up the planet towards the point of no return. Air freight emits more greenhouse gases per food mile than any other mode of transport.

So when ever you pick up any air-freighted product organic or otherwise, you aide and abet Airfreight pollution. Air-freighted fruit and vegetables are a bad habit that supermarket are cultivating.

Those for these goods state that by buying from poorer countries they are helping them out. Agricultural produce from poorer countries should go to feed there own people where safeguarding food security is essential, especially with the looming threat of food shortages due to global warming.

So why strive for the exotic? Go buy seasonal, local fresh fruit and vegetables. You will not only help local farmers but also help the environment.

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Source: The Independent

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