John Grant Responds To Organic Food’s Carbon Issue

2 Responses to “John Grant Responds To Organic Food’s Carbon Issue”

1. john grant
   Posted from: 86.136.13.233

   May 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

   It was that spin doctor from the British Poultry Council I was really responding to, obviously :) - the only reason organic chicken (which in the UK means free range as well) had a bigger average footprint was in the UK government study he was quoting was that it had a longer lifetime as well as a considerably happier one. If you buy from a local butcher/market who source from local farms (rather than national grocery chains who even in the UK have 800 mile long supply chains for fresh food) I suspect you could more than compensate for those few kg of carbon, and anyway 45% of a small number isn’t very much :J
2. john grant
   Posted from: 86.136.13.233

   May 11th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

   It was that spin doctor from the British Poultry Council I was really responding to, obviously :) - the only reason organic chicken (which in the UK means free range as well) had a bigger average footprint in the UK government study he was quoting was that it had a longer lifetime as well as a considerably happier one. If you buy from a local butcher/market who source from local farms (rather than national grocery chains who even in the UK have 800 mile long supply chains for fresh food) I suspect you could more than compensate for those few kg of carbon, and anyway 45% of a small number isn’t very much :J

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