661-Pete wrote: ↑16 May 2021, 9:35am
Should explain that Riverford do a 'British only' box for those who insist. But they've seen the benefit of diversifying to gather a broader customer base (they also supply organic meat boxes which are of no interest to us).
The main factor for us is that the produce is
organic. Even though we top up with veg. from the supermarket that's not organic.
All right, call me a hypocrite....
You're not a hypocrite if you're buying it on an honest basis without claiming it's a green solution.
BTW how do you know it's organic? IIRC there was a scandal of grain coming into Germany from non organic sources from the East only to be mixed with German organic products and being passed off as organic. I think I read it in the guardian so usual caveats about it being the truth and not a lie or something dishonest.
The organic tag seems like marketing to me. Good food does not need to be organic to be healthy. It's about safe production not following soil association rules to become organic accredited.
I buy veg from a very good, local supermarket chain. For British grown vegetables they are completely open about their sources. In fact that use them in advertising.
Having worked in the head office I actually recognised some of the farms as the ones my parents went to when I was a kid. They operated farm shops from way back in the early 80s and are generational farms. By this I mean they're operating possibly on 4th generation running it. The use of artificial chemicals was always limited because the soil was just so rich. They knew their stuff and produced veg that is the match or beating of most organic veg IMHO.