Eco-Friendly Food
Drink Local at Your Local
Submitted by Frank on Wed, 09/04/2008 - 21:30.
When you buy a pint in your local do you think about the environmental and ethical impacts of your choice?
Ethically:
who owns the company that makes the beer: do you want to buy products from them?
what is that company's policy towards small, local breweries, local pubs, and providing choice to customers?
Fair Trade
Submitted by Jo on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 14:18.
If you buy a product carrying the Fair Trade symbol then you can be assured that a fair proportion of the price you are paying is going to the third world producers of the product. Many of the middlemen and international companies who normally take the bulk of the profits are cut out of the chain.
