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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
by 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 agoNow 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.