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Shopping ethically
BillieTheBot
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Personally I try and do most of my shopping at Waitrose because its the only supermarket I have any trust isnt raping producers of food left right and centre.
I also avoid buying food from isreal due to their appauling human rights record.
Do you attempt to shop morally?
I also avoid buying food from isreal due to their appauling human rights record.
Do you attempt to shop morally?
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Most of this "ethical" food costs nearly twice as much, bollocks to it.
I just mean I attempt to buy British veg when I can and I nearly always buy my meat from Waitrose because they actually invest some time into making sure the animals arent kept in horrid condictions.
And if the supermarket doesn't have the usual stock from Israel fitting to the season, then you can be sure that my dad will ask for it.
I don't think it makes a huge difference though.
Ditto (except the chicken).
I disagree, I believe if enough people send their custom to the right places then the market will change.
I buy my goods depending on quality and price.
Don't think it will make much of a difference, though I'm aware of persistent boycott campaigns against Israeli produce (mostly fruits and vegs) that seems to have made them rather difficult to find in some supermarkets.
Personally I only ever buy cod from Iceland because they are the ONLY place on earth which is seen to have a sustainable fish policy.
Obviously though farmed fish are fed all kinds of things which could be nasty.
Has anyone tried real chicken it tastes so different from the plastic stuff you get in the supermarkets and KFC, this chicken had a much nicer woody texture rich nice flavours,
So I think Farmers Markets should be the No1 choice for all ethical, healthy taste consious consumers.
In any case there is much more of a case for boycotting commercial produce such as food than anything else. Especially considering that some of that produce (oil for example) can actually be Palestinian, which then gets labelled and sold for massive profit margins by the Israelis.
Olive oil.
I dont knowingly buy anything made by Nestle or companies that are Nestle in disguise, because of their blatent flouting of the WHO guidelines in regard to promotion of infant formula milk in developing companies where there is limited access to clean water, therefore a baby dies every 30 seconds due to unsafe bottlefeeding, and bottlefed babies in developing countries are 50% more likely to die in their first year of life than breastfed babies. Nestle have continually flouted the rules about promoting it.
I also try and buy recycled stuff where I can.
It doesnt actually take much thought or effort really, If im buying something I havent bought before, it just means I have to read the label and check.
I know a doctor from Israel who's been outstationed here in Denmark for a number of years due to his expertise in skin-diseases, and some machinary connected to that (from Israel), which doctors here haven't been able to use properly.
Israel is among the leading nations in the fields of research for skin diseases and diabetes. Think they're pretty involved with treatments for cancer.
Though I'll try to find specifics.
of course not all food can be produced in uk though so then its kinda hard cause lots of countries have different agricultural policies
BUT, because they are not certificated as fair trade they do not carry the large margin of produce like that. Therefore you can buy fair trade bananas without paying the stupid price!
Is Windward Isles Carribean????????
Indeedthey are :yes:
Indeed they are :yes:
The agenda of these sites may not suit you, but it gives you a list of Israeli developments in general...
Here And here
Now which kind of computer are you using?
Medicine however is a universal science for good and I for one am against by the 'cultural' boycott that Israeli scientists and professors have been put through in some British universities.
Avoiding medical treatment with, say, a scanner made in Israel is not going to put the Israeli government under any pressure- it isn't even going to be aware there is a boycott against such item.
Reducing Israeli exports of peppers, strawberries and oil to a minimal amount is however going to put immediate pressure on the government- though for the boycott to have any effect it must be widely observed- which at the moment isn’t.
Though it wasn't what you implied to begin with.