Posts by: Wattie4

I watched eco garden programme and was disturbed at the simplistic attitude on carbon miles. Food local good, food from far away bad. it's not that simple, food grown in Kenya with weeds hoed by Kenyans, who are desperate for jobs is surely better than vegs grown using massive amounts of fertiliser and weed killers locally. I have seen veg farms in Kenya and have been very impressed with the ecological awareness. And as for the New Zealand meat - it was probably from an animal grown in a natural environment on an extensive grazing programme, rather than in an intensive farm remote from their natural life. The NZ Meat board can supply figures that prove despite the miles travelled their meat is actually more environmentally friendly once the whole picture is examined. Maybe a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I note the frontsperson has no problem jetting to USA to design gardens, how important to the ecosystem is that?