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Originally Posted by pigletwillie  I concur Beefy, they should be linked but but why only remove their approval from airfreight and not to stuff delivered by boat. |
Because a boat does not produce anything like the emissions of an airplane.
In theory boats could return to using sail and using solar derived electricity instead of loads of sailors to hoist and adjust the sails.
I do however concur with the point you are making PW, food miles MUST count. The lack of a field margin in the UK is lower impact than the clearance of hundreds of acres of virgin rainforest.
Labelling is a problem though, as it is often unclear, especially by omission.
As an example I only buy bananas from the Windward Isles, but do the supermarkets make it clear where they came from? Oh no, I have to examine the main box.
Most are Dominican Republic, Anerican firms and high input agriculture.
Windward Isles is a former British colony and I'd rather support their economy.