OT Supermarket vegetables

 

Watching countryside on TV last night I was struck by the waste of
vegetables grown for supermarkets. If my Purple Sprouting broccoli was
as good as that that was plough back in I would be very happy indeed. As
it is I will get none this year, the netting blew off sometime during
the cold spell and the pigeons have stripped the plants down to their
stalks. Also the birds have wrecked my pots of primulas, all  the green
has been pecked off and left on the floor. Not showing much appreciation
for my feeding them well during the cold and snow!
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I didn't see it, but can guess :-(  Also, this is a major harmful
consequence of the demise of mixed farming - not so long ago, the
field of broccoli would have had some cows turned into it after it
had been picked.                            


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

 






That happens here in the Isle of Wight. Once the Sprouts or Cauliflowers are
finished, the Sheep are turned onto the fields


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Mike

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I was struck by the poor statistics and the way the programme judged what was
acceptable to the average supermarket shopper.

What percentage is thrown away each year?

If the same stuff had been wrapped and put on supermarket shelves along with the
stuff that hadn't been rejected, which do you think would not have sold?
There was no mention of the producers whose products do meet supermarket
standards.
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Martin

 



Haven't you heard the story?

Told by the butcher's brother because he heard it from his sister's
milkman's postman that the supermarket gave the grower the chop and he went
bust?

Simply 'everybody' knows that story, mind you, no body knows 'first hand'
:-(((



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Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk