Week 5 - Buying fruit and veg

Fruit and vegetable shopping - buy local and fair trade and go organic

This is a tricky one. How do you chose between the fair trade banana that is flown from the Caribbean and the pesticide covered British asparagus?

According to Friends of the Earth it is better to buy local and organic. This week I am going to try and do all my fruit and veg shopping by this maxim. It will be interesting to see how much my grocery bill goes up by and whether there is any difference in the taste of the food.

I think it's enough to tackle just fruit and veg this week. I will get to grips with the issues of other types of foods (and their packaging) and general shopping in other weeks.

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