Broadback wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:54:57 +0000, Broadback wrote:

First I used to go to a local farmers shop, thinking that it was all
local grown fresh produce. One morning I had to go to work very early,
passing the farm shop I saw a local merchant delivering produce.

The produce may well still have been local, FSVO local. Had you been
expecting all the stuff sold by the farm shop to be grown on that
farm?

Local to me would mean grown within 50 miles and the merchants depot
being within that radius as well.

That could be true, but doubtful, as the delivery van was from
Manchester 30+ miles away.



My farm shop gets spuds from 60 miles away, apples from Austria, and
pineapples from Dominican Republic. More to do with producers finding
the right size outlet for their goods than distance.