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Originally Posted by Flummery  ...Also worried by the fact that 'British' seafood can be flown abroad to be shelled then flown back and still be marketed as 'British' because it's 'cheaper' than getting local labour to shell them.... |
Best way round that one is to shell your own
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Originally Posted by Snadger ...I think we each have to shop according to our own beliefs and budgets and be tolerant of others. |
I agree. At the end of the day I think it is about informed choice and taking a responsible attitude to those choices and their consequences. We may not agree with someone else's choices but if they have been made in an informed and responsible manner and the person accepts that there are consequences and owns that so be it. Unfortunately not everyone is aware of that. As Alice says when you start looking you can be amazed at what you find for very little effort. Many of our countrymen and women don't look and are happy with mindless convenience. Shame because we know how much they are missing out on.
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Surely if we grow our own these ethical food debates will become less and less relevant to ourselves anyway? |
For the food we grow anyway. There are still things we aren't producing for ourselves and there similar principles will have to apply. We have to learn to think about our shopping, our consumption and wants. There are so many issues you can introduce into the debate when you consider items other than foodstuffs that you could end up paralysed with doubt. Somewhere a choice has to be made. Of course the decision could well be that actually the item is not required. Great. If it is required I suppose you have to make the best choice you can with the information at your disposal and accept that it may not be 100% perfect. Such is life and such is being human.