Shopping at large supermarkets is the worst thing people can do for farmers, according to a local environmental and social justice organisation.
January 23, 2007
Cam Walker, Campaigns Coordinator at Friends of the Earth, says that with 70% of the retail grocery market held by two major players, big supermarkets have the upper hand in their dealings with farmers. "This means that they, not farmers, set the prices and conditions under which they buy. They dictate how, where, when and for how much food is produced, packaged, stored and delivered. They even control what varieties of crops are grown," he said.
Mr Walker said Friends of the Earth had been contacted by many people who were outraged at the gall of the decision by Woolworths to donate a day's trading profits to the Country Women's Association. "Of course this money is a welcome contribution to rural communities, but we should not for a minute overlook the ongoing complicity of such chains in both rural poverty and environmental harm. This is pure spin on the supermarket's part. If Woolworths were serious about the...
Time Magazine has put out a beautiful book on Global Warming with lots of info, but the real problem is not addressed.
Any possible global warming which could be attributed to the people of the world is miniscule!
Always our world has been able to cope with change even if it took time but the real culprits of global warming has not been properly addressed.
1. Those who have spent many years melting thousands of square kilometers of Arctic ice, to create a Sea Way for large ships to trade from Russia Alaska and Canada to America etc. There is no mention of this at all.
Apparently the Multinationals will save many millions in cost of transporting goods, without regard to the real cost to the environment as a result of the melting of the ice.
2. The second big meltdown is taking place in Antarctica, by big industrialists including mining, apparently the pickings are very good. I do not know who is responsible but I am sure Time should know, or are they involved?
The Antarctic we are told is melting alarmingly and wild life is...