With all the different messages we keep hearing nowadays, I sometimes get confused when I’m out shopping about which one I’m supposed to buy: fair trade, locally sourced, organic or fresh produce?
A. Everything that appears on our supermarket shelves has gone through a process of production, trading and travelling to get there. The concepts of organic, fair trade, and locally sourced fresh goods relate very simply to these three things. Organic production recognises that our health is directly connected to the health of the food we eat and of the soil on which it has grazed or in which it has grown. There are strict regulations which ensure that the food is free of chemicals and that animals are not given drugs to protect them from pesticides and parasites and alternative methods are used. This also helps to keep our rivers clean and our fish healthy and protects other animals in the food chain such as birds. Goods which are fairly traded ensure that the producer is given a fair price. This enables him in turn to provide a fair wage for his workers and invest in better quality and safer farming and production. All too often producers are squeezed for the lowest price possible me
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