Sat, 03 Feb 2007
Icky Food
Felicity Lawrence, Not on the Label,
Penguin
Most everyone these days is aware that factory
food isn't all it could be, that supermarket food
is likewise, and that both customers and farmers
are getting ripped off.
What does it take to make people actually do
something about it? In a lot of cases and places
it's actually very difficult to do something about
it - particularly in the US and the UK and in the
big cities of Australia. The big chains have
already killed off most of the smaller shops and
specialty bakers, butchers, etc. are very hard to
find. When you do find them it's more than likely
they'll be using the same polluted supply line as
the big boys or in the UK's case you might even
get goods which are unfit for human consumption
sold by criminals ... maybe other places as
well. Quite depressing although criminals and their
goods are a side issue here.
This book is another case for the prosecution
with numerous examples thrown in to kill your
appetite. What to do? That's quite obvious.
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