By Paul Homewood
In our glorious meat and dairy free future, just what will we be eating?
Our betters want us to stop eating red meat and dairy because of the impact on climate change. But what about all of the fruit and veg that comes half way round the world before it hits our tables? The carbon footprint of all of those air flights must surely be just as great as our roast lamb and sirloin steaks.
A quick look through our larder how just international our foods are:
Blackberries – Guatemala
Blueberries – Chile
Tomatoes – Morocco
Cherry Tomatoes – Spain
Grapes – S Africa
Bananas – Don’t know, but it sure ain’t Yorkshire!
Coffee – Sumatra
Tea – Kenya
Spinach – Italy
Prawns – SW Atlantic
Apples – Italy
Pineapple – Costa Rica
Oranges – Spain
Sweet Potato – USA
Lettuce – Spain
Carrots – Kenya
Baby Corns – India
Tuna – Ecuador
Peaches – Chile
Broccoli – Spain
Asparagus – Mexico
Indeed it is hard to find anything at this time of year which is grown in Britain, other potatoes, turnips and a few other vegetables. Whatever else is available has probably been sat in cold storage for months or grown in greenhouses.
Will Mr Gummer ban all of these foods as well? Will we all have to resort to tinned and frozen foods? And what about the effect on the economies of the many developing countries who rely on selling their crops to us?
Who knows, there might be a vegan uprising!
What do we want? Mung beans!!
When do we want them? Now!!
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March 4, 2021 at 11:18AM
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