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Old 17-07-2007, 01:32 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Mary Fisher Mary Fisher is offline
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Default Food miles & Kenyan growers


"JennyC" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote

The point is that it is stupid to criticise other countries, when UK
could have
a perfectly viable horticulture industry supplying most of the UK
supermarkets
horticultural needs.
Martin


You don't see it as a sort of third world help, buying stuff from Africa
etc?
It might be better to grow stuff where the sun shines instead of in
greenhouses in northern Europe?
Jenny


It would be even better for Africans etc. to grow food for themselves rather
than be paid for growing food for us and having to buy what's dumped on
them.

Mary