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Food industry is actually one of the easiest for consumers to change since a good percentage of the population in the US does have access to markets with lots o

by iaskwhy 13y ago

Food industry is actually one of the easiest for consumers to change since a good percentage of the population in the US does have access to markets with lots of providers, right? I know it's like that in most (all?) European counties. You go to the supermarket and you decide which pockets you want to fill: the local producer or the guy from the other continent far far away. It's easier in some counties. For example, while in London, I was able to buy a very good percentage of local food, even bio stuff. As I travelled through Europe last year, I was able to do the same in every country I went to. I was driving around and that certainly helped getting to the big supermarkets but I also went to smallers shops and, while not perfect, it was still possible to choose products based on its origin.

jedmeyers 13y ago
If you want bananas in Australia - tough luck, mate.
- iaskwhy 13y ago
  This is kind of obvious but if there are no local producers of something, like bananas in Australia, you have some options: do not buy it (you don't need to eat everything), buy it from a responsible source (tip: buy bananas from the Madeira Island, those are great!), add an exception to your .localignore brain file. Now, I went on to check what's the closest source of bananas for Australia and, well, Australia does produce around 200k tonnes of bananas every year[1]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iomsvbzcaizcfh7/FAOSTAT_2014-01-02_23-24-42.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/iomsvbzcaizcfh7/FAOSTAT_2014-01-02... Sources: [1] http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QC/E http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QC/...
  - jedmeyers 13y ago
    Now here is the problem: since Australia is "protecting" local producers and does not allow foreign grown bananas on the market Australians have to pay ridiculous prices for them, or wait until they rot and pay half the price, or just not have them at all.

by iaskwhy 13y ago

jedmeyers 13y ago

If you want bananas in Australia - tough luck, mate.

iaskwhy 13y ago
This is kind of obvious but if there are no local producers of something, like bananas in Australia, you have some options: do not buy it (you don't need to eat everything), buy it from a responsible source (tip: buy bananas from the Madeira Island, those are great!), add an exception to your .localignore brain file. Now, I went on to check what's the closest source of bananas for Australia and, well, Australia does produce around 200k tonnes of bananas every year[1]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iomsvbzcaizcfh7/FAOSTAT_2014-01-02_23-24-42.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/iomsvbzcaizcfh7/FAOSTAT_2014-01-02... Sources: [1] http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QC/E http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QC/...
- jedmeyers 13y ago
  Now here is the problem: since Australia is "protecting" local producers and does not allow foreign grown bananas on the market Australians have to pay ridiculous prices for them, or wait until they rot and pay half the price, or just not have them at all.