I don't have a problem with the local provisions (and grow an amount myself) but am worried about organic box suppliers who seem to service the whole country. Hopefully I may be worrying about nothing.
You obviously know even less about the ethics of fish-eating than me!
Hopefully someone will be able to enlighten us. I'm like you - eating fish very rarely
but I would like to know that what I eat is
ecologically sound, if that's possible. Marks and Spencers sell an accredited Icelandic cod fillet which would feed two people for about £16. How do the supermarkets and chip shops sell it at far below that price? I don't think M&S are ripping us off, the other sources are clearly selling unsustainable, possibly illegal, fish?
Incidentally, I would not eat farmed fish because it tastes so insipid. I remember the days when salmon was a much-enjoyed and very expensive lucury; now it' cheap, easily obtained and tastes foul. Or should I say 'fowl' - the comparisons with factory-farmed chicken are obvious ....
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton  My boss gets Able and Cole fruit and veg and he's in Oxford, it's organic but not local.
Try these guys to find local producers (organic and not) BigBarn - Home
as for fish, I've pretty much given up trying to work out what's ethical so limit myself to two portions of cod a year and otherwise local trout, farmed organic fish (though I know there are still problems associated with such farming) and also mackerel which I think is still ok...... I think Hoki is the best of the white fish so I eat that too |