http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7061136.stm

I would never have thought it would be so high myself. The worrying
thing is that its projected to increase due to increase demand for
organic food.

Fod

Fod wrote:

There's plenty of space to grow organic food in the UK. It doesn't need to
be imported.

"Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote

Other than that many types of fruit and vegetables, organic or not cannot be
grown in the UK because of its climate.

On Oct 27, 4:33 pm, "Knight Of The Road" hotmail.com>
wrote:

If funny that Doug thinks you should change yourlifestyle for the good
of the environment but seems reluctant to give up his, despite it
requiring a lot of air transport ( and he's against the growth of air
transport)

Maybe funny isnt the right word...

Fod

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:41:00 -0700, Fod
googlemail.com> wrote:

Fod googlemail.com> wrote:

The Soil Association which has Lord "many hats" Melchett at the helm is
about obtaining high prices for a number of UK producers. It attempts to
introduce restrictive practices via the back door to avoid competition
from the rest of Europe.

It's largely a marketing exercise and their standard for "organic"
production permits a number of pesticides to be used. Not many of those
who buy "organic" realise that it does not mean "pesticide free".

It's no suprise to see them whittling on about transport, which has
bugger all to do with whether a product is "organic" or not. And since
they cannot ban the import of organic food certified by other EU
regulatory bodies, it seems ultimately self defeating.

peterthomas8899@googlemail.com wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

Not at all a bigotted view then - cheap food is everything, sod animal
welfare or long term reliability of food supplies

No wonder the Portsmouth Chavs are lard asses :)

Brimstone yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Umm no.

Converting limestone into lime releases all the CO2 stored in the
calcium carbonate. But that's not "simply converting the stone into
powder" it's a chemical rather than a mechanical process.

However cement is effectively carbon neutral. All the CO2 driven off
from the limestone is reabsorbed, albeit slowly, when the cement
hardens. The net CO2 released during cement making is that from the
fuel burned to provide the heat and mechanical energy and that required
for transport.

A long time ago it was possible for cement works to burn old tyres
(carbon neutral) to provide the heat in the furnaces, but the likes of
Duhg got that stopped.

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Yes but if you want Strawberries at times other than June/July..........