Vol. 83 No: 2

Title:
Guest Editorial - Food Miles and Horticultural Trade

Author:
DR. HENRY WAINWRIGHT

pp: 143

Abstract:
Feeling guilty – of course you are! You have just purchased some roses in your local supermarket that have been flown half-way round the World, and you have been told repeatedly that this is a bad thing. They have left a large "carbon footprint" and you have been told by pundits in the media that you have heedlessly contributed to global warming. The arguments for and against airfreight are the same whether you bought fine beans from Kenya, mange-tout from Guatemala, or baby corn from Thailand. However the position about airfreight and horticultural trade is often misrepresented and over-simplified.

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