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Environmental Impacts of Food Production and Consumption

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:06:37 +0000

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A hefty 199 page tome produced by Manchester Business School for DEFRA looking at the impacts on the environment of both the locally and the globally sourced foods that we grow and consume. Water use, energy use, global warming, packaging and processing impacts are assessed using a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach. Not a riveting read but full of interesting information that may influence what you buy and eat in future. Download at

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New Updates for The Local Food Directory

Wed, 31 May 2006 21:06:29 +0100

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The Local Food Directory has resulted in a few success stories and some extended opening hours so here is the latest information.

The Valley Smokehouse are now open on Saturday mornings until 1pm. 0117-9358338 for more details and information on what they have to offer this month.

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Our Co-op to source food locally

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:05:39 +0000

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The subject of the Radco Co-op store on the High Street has often come into the discussions at our meetings because of where most of the fresh produce has originated.

I met their Chief Executive Keith Tindall recently and he told me that to be able to offer the best deals they have to purchase the majority of their stock centrally and therefore all the well known brands are available at competitive prices. Fresh produce is also purchased centrally and has to “comply” with all the usual regulations, the main one being the ability to track the whole history of any product. Locally produced foods require a local compliance team and that is where the costs start to make them non viable.

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